reception

1. The act of receiving. (countable, uncountable)
2. The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals. (uncountable) · We have poor TV reception in the valley.· The new system provides exceptional quality of the reception signal.
3. A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone. (countable, uncountable) · After the wedding we proceeded to the reception.
4. A reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc. (countable, uncountable) · The ambassador's jokes met a cold reception.
5. The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received. (countable, uncountable) · The reception of the hotel is on the second floor; exit the lift and turn right.
6. The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture. (countable, uncountable)
7. The act of catching a pass. (countable, uncountable)
8. Reading viewed as the active process of receiving a text in any medium (written, spoken, signed, multimodal, nonverbal), consisting of several steps, such as ideation, comprehension, reconstruction, interpretation. (countable, uncountable)

Plural receptions