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:
“Aesthetic emotion puts man in a state favorable to the reception of erotic emotion.... Art is the accomplice of love. Take love away and there is no longer art.”
—Rémy De Gourmont (1858–1915)
“To the United States the Third World often takes the form of a black woman who has been made pregnant in a moment of passion and who shows up one day in the reception room on the forty-ninth floor threatening to make a scene. The lawyers pay the woman off; sometimes uniformed guards accompany her to the elevators.”
—Lewis H. Lapham (b. 1935)
“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)