English Online Dictionary. What means reception? What does reception mean?
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French reception, from Latin recipiō(n) (“the act of receiving; reception”), from recipiō (“receive”), from re- (“back”) + capiō (“I hold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃn̩/
Noun
reception (countable and uncountable, plural receptions)
- The act of receiving.
- (uncountable, electronics) The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.
- A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.
- A reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc.
- The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.
- (UK, education) The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.
- (law) The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture.
- (American football) The act of catching a pass.
- (linguistics) 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.
Synonyms
- (desk where guests are received): front desk
Derived terms
Related terms
- receptacle
- receptive
- receptible
- receptor
- receive
Translations
Anagrams
- pre-notice, prenotice
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English reception. Doublet of ricezione.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reˈsɛp.ʃon/, (proscribed) /reˈt͡ʃɛp.ʃon/
- Rhymes: -ɛpʃon
Noun
reception f (invariable)
- reception, front desk
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from French réception, English reception, from Latin receptio.
Noun
reception c
- a reception, a front desk
- a reception, a social welcoming event
Declension
Synonyms
- intagning (i en orden)
- mottagning
- vakt
References
- reception in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- reception in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- reception in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)