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# receptionist

«receptionist» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person who works at the front desk of an office, hotel…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a receptionist, receptionists)

### meaning for a pupil

A person who works at the front desk of an office, hotel, school or doctor's surgery, greeting people, answering the phone and making appointments. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receptionist/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life you see a receptionist at the dentist, doctor's or hotel. In school, the receptionist or office staff help visitors sign in. Phrases: hotel receptionist, ask at reception.

### examples

- The receptionist gave us our room key. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receptionist/#x1)
- Ask the receptionist for an appointment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receptionist/#x2)
- The school receptionist signed in my mum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receptionist/#x3)
- She works as a receptionist at the dentist's. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receptionist/#x4)
- The receptionist answered the phone with a smile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receptionist/#x5)
- Visitors must speak to the receptionist first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receptionist/#x6)

### note

Countable. Place: reception (the front desk). In UK schools «Reception» is also the first year of primary school.

### Trees and pragmatics

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