reception

B1 Topic:Places & Geography

US /ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃn̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #4003

Meanings

1

noun
The area near the entrance of a hotel or office where visitors are welcomed.

Please leave your key at reception when you check out.
2

noun
A formal party held to welcome someone or celebrate an event.

After the wedding we went to the reception.
3

noun
The way in which people react to or welcome something.

Her new film got a warm reception from critics.
4

noun
The quality of a radio, phone, or TV signal that is received.

We have poor TV reception in the valley.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the area near the entrance... front desk

3 noun · the way in which people... response

Word family

Forms receptions

Derived forms autoreceptionbaroreceptionchemoreceptionelectroreceptionmagnetoreceptionmechanoreceptionnonreceptionosmoreceptionphonoreceptionphotoceptionphotoreceptionproprioception

Related forms receive receptaclereceptiblereceptive receptor

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Phrases (1)

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favorable reception
a positive response to something presented or proposed

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle English recepcion, reception, from Middle French reception, from Latin receptiōn- (“the act of receiving; reception”), from recipiō (“receive”), from re- (“back”) + capiō (“to hold”). Equivalent to receive + -tion.

*keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European recepcion,reception Middle English reception Middle French receptiō Latin

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Topics

Places & Geography Register & Style

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# reception

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃn̩/
**Frequency rank:** 4003

## Meanings
1. The area near the entrance of a hotel or office where visitors are welcomed.
2. A formal party held to welcome someone or celebrate an event.
3. The way in which people react to or welcome something.
4. The quality of a radio, phone, or TV signal that is received.

## Examples
- Please leave your key at reception when you check out.
- After the wedding we went to the reception.
- Her new film got a warm reception from critics.
- We have poor TV reception in the valley.

## Derived Forms
- autoreception
- baroreception
- chemoreception
- electroreception
- magnetoreception
- mechanoreception
- nonreception
- osmoreception
- phonoreception
- photoception
- photoreception
- proprioception

## Related Forms
- receive
- receptacle
- receptible
- receptive
- receptor

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *keh₂p-
- Root: recepcion,reception
- Root: reception
- Root: receptiō

## Etymology
From Middle English recepcion, reception, from Middle French reception, from Latin receptiōn- (“the act of receiving; reception”), from recipiō (“receive”), from re- (“back”) + capiō (“to hold”). Equivalent to receive + -tion.

## AI Etymology
Reception comes from Middle English recepcion, reception, from Middle French reception, from Latin receptiōn- (“the act of receiving; reception”), from recipiō (“receive”), from re- (“back”) + capiō (“to hold”). Equivalent to receive + -tion. Modern senses include the area near the entrance of a hotel or office where visitors are welcomed. and a formal party held to welcome someone or celebrate an event.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as autoreception, baroreception, chemoreception, electroreception, magnetoreception, and mechanoreception and related forms such as receive, receptacle, receptible, and receptive.

## Topics
- Places & Geography
- Register & Style

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