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noun the manner in which something is greeted
noun a formal party of people; as after a wedding
noun quality or fidelity of a received broadcast
originFrom Middle English recepcion, reception, from Middle French reception, from Latin receptiōn- (“the act of receiving; reception”), from recipiō (“receive”), from re- (“back”) + capiō (“to hold”). Equivalent to receive + -tion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0