n.
- the action or process of receiving someone or something.
▸the way in which something is received.
▸the quality with which broadcast signals are received.
- a formal social occasion held to welcome someone or celebrate an event.
- chiefly Brit. the area in a hotel, office, etc. where visitors are greeted.
- Brit. the first class in an infant school.
Etymology
ME: from OFr., or from L. receptio(n-), from recipere (see receive).