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Definition of: reception
(ri·sep′shən) noun
1. The act of receiving, or the state of being received; receipt.
2. A formal social entertainment of guests: a wedding reception; also, the manner of receiving a person or persons: a warm reception.
3. Mental acceptance, as of a proposition.
4. In radio and television, the act or process of receiving or, especially, the quality of reproduction achieved: This radio gives very poor reception. [<OF <L receptio, -onis <receptus, pp. of recipere RECEIVE]
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