Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Reception"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Reception \Re*cep"tion\, 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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
reception
n 1: the manner in which something is greeted; "she did not
expect the cold reception she received from her
superiors" [syn: {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: {receipt}]
5: the act of catching a pass in football; "the tight end made
a great reception on the 20 yard line"
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