From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reception
n 1: the manner in which something is greeted; "she did not
expect the cold reception she received from her superiors"
[syn: reception, response]
2: a formal party of people; as after a wedding
3: quality or fidelity of a received broadcast
4: the act of receiving [syn: reception, receipt]
5: (American football) the act of catching a pass in football;
"the tight end made a great reception on the 20 yard line"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Reception \Re*cep"tion\ (r[-e]*s[e^]p"sh[u^]n), n. [F.
r['e]ception, L. receptio, fr. recipere, receptum. See
Receive.]
1. The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the
reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a
letter; the reception of sensation or ideas; reception of
evidence.
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2. The state of being received.
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3. The act or manner of receiving, especially of receiving
visitors; entertainment; hence, an occasion or ceremony of
receiving guests; as, a hearty reception; an elaborate
reception.
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What reception a poem may find. --Goldsmith.
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4. Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine.
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Philosophers who have quitted the popular doctrines
of their countries have fallen into as extravagant
opinions as even common reception countenanced.
--Locke.
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5. A retaking; a recovery. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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