noun
Meaning 1
The act of receiving.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: receipt
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
The act of receiving.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: receipt
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
A reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
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noun
The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, uncountable
Topics: education
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: kindergarten
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
The act of catching a pass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
the act of receiving
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: receipt
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: acquiring, getting
noun
(American football) the act of catching a pass in football
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: catch, grab, snatch, snap
noun
quality or fidelity of a received broadcast
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: broadcasting
Narrower terms: signal detection, detection, demodulation
noun
the manner in which something is greeted
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: response
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: greeting, salutation
noun
a formal party of people; as after a wedding
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: party
Narrower terms: at home, levee, tea, wedding reception
History
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.
Across languages
198 source translations are retained for this English entry.