Definition of "reception"

reception

/ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃn̩/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural receptions
1. The act of receiving.
2. (uncountable, electronics) The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.
3. A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.
4. A reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc.
  Quotations
  At the end of a week, she could bear the suspense no longer, and so went humbly to her old home and sought forgiveness. She was not repulsed, but her reception was cold; and this hurt her almost as badly.
  1850, T. S. Arthur, “Happy on a Little”, in Sketches of Life and Character‎, Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, page 89
  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.
  2011 September 29, 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.
  Quotations
  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, page 20
8. (American football) The act of catching a pass.
  Quotations
  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.
  2020 April 24, 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.