Definitions
1.nounThe act of receiving.
2.nounThe act or ability to receive radio or similar signals."The new system provides exceptional quality of the reception signal."
3.nounA social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone."After the wedding we proceeded to the reception."
4.nounA reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc."The ambassador's jokes met a cold reception."
5.nounThe desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.
6.nounThe school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.
7.nounThe conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture.