reception

1. n. The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas; reception of evidence. Source: opted

2. n. The state of being received. Source: opted

3. n. The act or manner of receiving, esp. of receiving visitors; entertainment; hence, an occasion or ceremony of receiving guests; as, a hearty reception; an elaborate reception. Source: opted

4. n. Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine. Source: opted

5. n. A retaking; a recovery. Source: opted

6. n. the manner in which something is greeted Source: wordnet

7. n. a formal party of people; as after a wedding Source: wordnet

8. n. quality or fidelity of a received broadcast Source: wordnet

9. n. the act of receiving Source: wordnet

10. n. (American football) the act of catching a pass in football Source: wordnet

11. 1. The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas; reception of evidence. 2. The state of being received. 3. The act or manner of receiving, esp. of receiving visitors; entertainment; hence, an occasion or ceremony of receiving guests; as, a hearty reception; an elaborate reception. What reception a poem may find. Goldsmith. 4. Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine. Philosophers who have quitted the popular doctrines of their countries have fallen into as extravagant opinions as even common reception countenanced. Locke. 5. A retaking; a recovery. [Obs.] Bacon. Source: webster

12. n:100 n. the manner in which something is greeted n. a formal party of people; as after a wedding n. quality or fidelity of a received broadcast n. the act of receiving Source: ecdict

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