reception
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 →
2) A reception is a formal party to welcome or celebrate, such as after a wedding. tree →
3) Reception is how people react to something. tree →
4) Reception is how well a radio, TV or phone receives signals. tree →
5) In England and Wales, Reception is the first class of primary school, for four- and five-year-olds. tree →
6) Reception can also mean the act of welcoming someone when they arrive. tree →
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 →
- My little brother is in Reception. tree →
- The wedding reception was in a big hall. tree →
- There's no phone reception in the mountains. tree →
- The new book got a warm reception. tree →
- Ask at reception if you're lost in the hotel. tree →
- The receptionist at reception answered the phone. tree →
- She and her whole household therefore busied themselves in preparing everything for the reception of her lord. tree →
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.
- Then he imagined playing football against the Reception class, scoring forty goals, and walking off feeling like a champion.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «reception» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.