reception

reception
noun
1 (esp. BrE) area in a building
VERB + RECEPTION
▪ report to
▪

All delegates should report to the reception on arrival.

▪ call, call down to, phone, ring (BrE)
RECEPTION + NOUN
▪ area, lobby (AmE)
▪ counter, desk (AmE, BrE)
▪ hall
▪ staff
PREPOSITION
▪ at reception (BrE), at the reception
▪

The man at the reception says there's a call for you.

▪

I've left the keys at reception.

▪ in reception
▪

Please wait for me downstairs in reception.

▪

The documents are in reception.

▪ on reception
▪

I've been on reception (= working at the reception desk) the whole morning.

2 formal party
ADJECTIVE
▪ big, large
▪ lavish
▪ small
▪ formal, informal
▪ official
▪ special
▪ gala
▪ evening
▪ opening, welcome (esp. AmE)
▪

The opening reception of the exhibition was attended by many well-known figures from the art world.

▪ civic (BrE), diplomatic, wedding
▪ champagne (esp. BrE), cocktail (esp. AmE)
▪

a White House cocktail reception

VERB + RECEPTION
▪ attend
▪ give, have, hold, host
▪

Are you having a big reception after the wedding?

▪ organize
▪ invite sb to
▪

Friends and family are invited to a reception after the ceremony.

RECEPTION + NOUN
▪ room
▪

Tables were set out in the embassy's beautiful reception room.

PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the reception
▪

We met at a reception.

▪ reception for
▪

a reception for the Japanese trade delegation

3 type of welcome given to sb/sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ enthusiastic, favourable/favorable, friendly, good, great, positive, rapturous, rousing, sympathetic, warm
▪ lukewarm, mixed, tepid
▪ bad, chilly, cold, cool, frosty, hostile
▪ critical
▪

critical reception to a movie

▪ public
VERB + RECEPTION
▪ enjoy, get, have, meet, meet with, receive
▪

The plan has had a somewhat mixed reception from local people.

▪

The returning soldiers received a rousing reception.

▪ expect
▪

The managers did not expect a sympathetic reception from the striking workers.

▪ give sb/sth
▪

She was given a rapturous reception by the crowd.

RECEPTION + NOUN
▪ party
▪

A reception party of soldiers was there to greet the visiting head of state.

▪ centre/center
▪

a reception centre/center for visitors

▪

a reception centre for children who have run away from home (BrE)

PREPOSITION
▪ reception by
▪

the book's reception by reviewers

▪ reception from
▪

a cool reception from the crowd

▪ reception into
▪

reception into the monastic order

▪ reception to
▪

the positive reception to the speech

4 quality of radio/television signals
ADJECTIVE
▪ good, strong
▪

Television reception is very good in this area.

▪ bad, poor, weak
▪ radio, satellite, television, TV

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