Synonyms for reception
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Noun
1. Receipt
receiving, acceptance, admittance, admission, credence, receipt dated, acceptation dated
Other
banquet, party, welcome, response, front desk, function, kindergarten US, levee, entertainment dated
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of receiving.
Related words
- Word family
- receptacle receptive receptor receive
- Phrases
- reception chair
Forms
- Plural
- receptions → receivings, acceptances, admittances, admissions…
Example sentences
- receiving I'm looking forward to receiving letters from you.
- admittance No admittance during the performance.
- welcome You're welcome to ride along with us, if you want.
- banquet Tom wants Mary to buy a new dress for the banquet.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| reception | steady | |
| receiving | falling | |
| admittance | falling | |
| welcome | steady | |
| banquet | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- party2, levee2
- 7 letters
- welcome2, receipt2, banquet2
- 8 letters
- response2, function2, credence2
- 9 letters
- receiving3, admission3
- 10 letters
- acceptance3, admittance3
- 11 letters
- acceptation
- 12 letters
- kindergarten4
- 13 letters
- entertainment4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (party2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- réception