Receival vs. Reception

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  • Receival (noun)

    An amount (of goods, etc.) received.

  • Receival (noun)

    A grain receival centre, a place where harvested wheat, oats, barley, etc are received for storage and later bulk shipping.

  • Reception (noun)

    The act of receiving.

  • Reception (noun)

    The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.

    “We have poor TV reception in the valley.”

    “The new system provides exceptional quality of the reception signal.”

  • Reception (noun)

    A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.

    “After the wedding we proceeded to the reception.”

  • Reception (noun)

    A reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc.

    “The ambassador’s jokes met a cold reception.”

  • Reception (noun)

    The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.

  • Reception (noun)

    The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.

  • Reception (noun)

    The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture.

Wiktionary
  • Reception (noun)

    the action or process of receiving something sent, given, or inflicted

    “sensation is not the passive reception of stimuli”

  • Reception (noun)

    the way in which a person or group of people reacts to someone or something

    “the election budget got a stony reception in the City”

  • Reception (noun)

    a formal social occasion held to welcome someone or to celebrate an event

    “a wedding reception”

  • Reception (noun)

    the formal or ceremonious welcoming of a guest

    “his reception by the Prime Minister”

  • Reception (noun)

    the action of admitting someone to a place, group, or institution or the process of being admitted

    “their reception into the Church”

  • Reception (noun)

    the process of receiving broadcast signals

    “a microchip that will allow parents to block reception of violent programmes”

  • Reception (noun)

    the quality of broadcast signals received

    “I had to put up with poor radio reception”

  • Reception (noun)

    the area in a hotel or organization where guests and visitors are greeted and dealt with

    “wait for me downstairs in reception”

    “the reception desk”

  • Reception (noun)

    the first class in an infant or primary school

    “my son is in reception”

    “the reception class”

  • Reception (noun)

    an act of catching a pass

    “his 49 receptions included six touchdowns”

Oxford Dictionary

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