reception
- Top 5000
Sense 1
- noun
- B1
The place just inside a hotel, office or clinic where people arrive, give their name and get help.
Please leave your key at reception when you go out.
The hotel reception stays open all night for late arrivals.
Ask at reception if you need an extra blanket.
Common collocations: hotel reception · at reception · reception desk · reception area · call reception
Part of: Accommodation, Buildings and places, The office
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- B2
How well a phone, radio or television picks up a signal in a certain place.
There was no reception at all in the mountain hut.
I get better reception if I stand near the window.
The reception drops every time the train enters a tunnel.
Common collocations: good reception · poor reception · no reception · mobile reception · reception drops
Part of: Phone and internet, Media
Sense 3 · less common
- noun
- C1
The way people show what they think of someone or something new to them.
Her second novel got a warm reception from readers everywhere.
The plan met with a cool reception at the meeting.
The new menu has had a mixed reception so far.
Common collocations: warm reception · cool reception · mixed reception · enthusiastic reception · meet with a reception
Part of: Attitudes and opinions, Talking to people
Forms
- plural
- receptions