reception

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French reception, from Latin receptiō (“the act of receiving; reception”), from recipiō (“receive”), from re- (“back”) + capiō (“I hold”).

noun

1. The act of receiving.
2. (uncountable, electronics) The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.
   We have poor TV reception in the valley.
   The new system provides exceptional quality of the reception signal.
3. A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.
   After the wedding we proceeded to the reception.
4. A reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc.
   The ambassador's jokes met a cold reception.
   Former Tottenham star Rohan Ricketts came off the Rovers bench with 19 minutes to go to a warm reception from the home fans, six years after leaving the Lane. September 29, 2011, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers”, in BBC Sport
5. The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.
6. (UK, education) The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.
7. (law) The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture.
   Among the numerous receptions of Roman law one event stood out, to the extent that, at least in central Europe, it almost monopolized the term. 1942 October, Ernst Levy, “Reflections on the First "Reception" of Roman Law in Germanic States”, in The American Historical Review, →JSTOR, page 20
8. (American football) The act of catching a pass.
   Henderson can play multiple techniques, man and off, and over the last two seasons, he yielded just 20 receptions, on 44 targets, in single coverage on the boundary, according to Pro Football Focus, making him a prime candidate to start there as a rookie. April 24 2020, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in New York Time
9. (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.