reception

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Synonyms: deception, preception, recaption, rception, perception, receptive, retention, inception, redemption, recreation, rejection

Antonyms: deception, preception, recaption, rception, perception, receptive, retention, inception, redemption, recreation, rejection

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Noun

1. The act of [[receive|receiving]].
2. {{lb|en|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.
5. The [[desk]] of a hotel or office where guests are received.
6. {{lb|en|UK|education}} The school year, or part thereof, between [[preschool]] and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.
7. {{lb|en|law}} The conscious [[adoption]] or [[transplantation]] of legal phenomena from a different culture.
8. {{lb|en|American football}} The act of catching a [[pass]].
9. {{lb|en|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.

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