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# reception

«reception» in Mova's school dictionary: **the desk or area at the entrance of a hotel, office…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (reception, receptions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Reception is the desk or area at the entrance of a hotel, office, school or hospital where visitors are welcomed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reception/#m1)

2) A reception is a formal party to welcome or celebrate, such as after a wedding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reception/#m2)

3) Reception is how people react to something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reception/#m3)

4) Reception is how well a radio, TV or phone receives signals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reception/#m4)

5) In England and Wales, Reception is the first class of primary school, for four- and five-year-olds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reception/#m5)

6) Reception can also mean the act of welcoming someone when they arrive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reception/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In school: visitors sign in at reception; the Reception class is the youngest year in English primary schools. Everyday safety: if you are lost in a building, go to reception. Technology: «no reception» means no phone signal. Phrases: at reception, sign in at reception, Reception class, a warm reception, bad reception.

### examples

- Please sign in at reception. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reception/#x1)
- My little brother is in Reception. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reception/#x2)
- The wedding reception was in a big hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reception/#x3)
- There's no phone reception in the mountains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reception/#x4)
- The new book got a warm reception. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reception/#x5)
- Ask at reception if you're lost in the hotel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reception/#x6)
- The receptionist at reception answered the phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reception/#x7)
- She and her whole household therefore busied themselves in preparing everything for the reception of her lord. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reception/#x8)

### note

Countable for parties and areas, uncountable for signal: «bad reception». A person who works there is a «receptionist». «Reception» as a school year is mainly English/Welsh; elsewhere it may be called kindergarten, prep or junior infants.

### In the corpora

- [Meanwhile Ruby, Mia's best friend since Reception, was squashed onto the arm of the sofa by six new kids.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/396-mia-gets-the-newest-console/7/)
- [Then he imagined playing football against the Reception class, scoring forty goals, and walking off feeling like a champion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/408-smurfs-cheaters-and-hacks/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «reception» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reception/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.