Definition of "reception" []

• The act or process of receiving or of being received. (noun)
• Football The act or an instance of catching a forward pass. (noun)
• A welcome, greeting, or acceptance: a friendly reception. (noun)
• A social function, especially one intended to provide a welcome or greeting: a wedding reception. (noun)
• Mental approval or acceptance: the reception of a new theory. (noun)

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• "We're not exactly doing a "hunting" theme, BUT we're going elk hunting a few weeks before the wedding, the reception is at the local Elks Lodge, we'll have an elk on the invites, and the best part?"
• "The place for the reception is a rather nice restaurant overlooking the Domain (big grasslands) and opposite the Art Gallery (1870s columned overblown creation)."
• "This is how you do justice to the word reception, which means the act of receiving."