reception : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: reception	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for reception
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reception n the manner in which something is greeted; "she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors" Synonym(s): reception, response a formal party of people; as after a wedding quality or fidelity of a received broadcast the act of receiving Synonym(s): reception, receipt (American football) the act of catching a pass in football; "the tight end made a great reception on the 20 yard line"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reception \Recep"tion\, n. [F. r[82]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. 2. The state of being received. 3. The act or manner of receiving, esp. of receiving visitors; entertainment; hence, an occasion or ceremony of receiving guests; as, a hearty reception; an elaborate reception. What reception a poem may find. --Goldsmith. 4. Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine. Philosophers who have quitted the popular doctrines of their countries have fallen into as extravagant opinions as even common reception countenanced. --Locke. 5. A retaking; a recovery. [Obs.] --Bacon.