Reception is a noun form of receiving, or to receive something, such as information, art, experience, or people. It is often used in the following contexts:
- In telecommunications, the action of an electronic receiver, such as for radio or remote control (a good signal allows for clear reception)
- Television reception
- A formal party in the evening, such as a wedding reception, where the guests are "received" (welcomed) by the hosts and guests of honor
- Receptionist, the initial contact in an office
- Reception (American football), a type of play where the ball is received (caught) by a player on the thrower's team
- Reception (school), in England, Wales and South Australia, the first year of primary school, following pre-school or nursery school
- Reception (astrology)
- Doctrine of reception in English law
- Aesthetics and popularity
Famous quotes containing the word reception:
“To aim to convert a man by miracles is a profanation of the soul. A true conversion, a true Christ, is now, as always, to be made by the reception of beautiful sentiments.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“I gave a speech in Omaha. After the speech I went to a reception elsewhere in town. A sweet old lady came up to me, put her gloved hand in mine, and said, “I hear you spoke here tonight.” “Oh, it was nothing,” I replied modestly. “Yes,” the little old lady nodded, “that’s what I heard.””
—Gerald R. Ford (b. 1913)
“But in the reception of metaphysical formula, all depends, as regards their actual and ulterior result, on the pre-existent qualities of that soil of human nature into which they fall—the company they find already present there, on their admission into the house of thought.”
—Walter Pater (1839–1894)