reception English · revision 6498

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1390|origins=la recipio}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃn̩/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English recepcion, [[bor|fro|reception]] and directly [[m|la|receptio|t=a receiving]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[m|la|recipio|alt=recipere|t=to take back, receive]] (see [[receive]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In astrology, the effect of two planets on each other: about 1390 in the OED, before 1393, in Gower's ''Confessio Amantis'', in Barnhart.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The act of receiving in general is from probably before 1425 in Barnhart and about 1489 in the OED,^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) but Hoad notes it was not frequent until the mid-17th century.^(Hoad 1986) Being received into a company or place is from the 1640s, and the formal receiving of persons from the 1660s.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) A formal party to welcome guests is from 1842 in Barnhart and 1865 in the OED,^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) and the ''reception room'' by 1829.^(Etymonline) The quality of radio reception is from 1907,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) and the reception desk of a hotel or office from 1917.^(OED 1989) [[receptionist|alt=Receptionist]] is from 1901 in its modern sense.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1390 – in astrology.^(OED 1989)

+ * before 1425 – the act of receiving.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1660s – a formal welcome.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1842 – a party to welcome guests.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1907 – radio reception.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1917 – a reception desk.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A formal party held to welcome someone or celebrate an event: ''a wedding reception''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The way in which someone or something is received: ''a warm reception''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The area in a hotel or office where visitors are received.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The quality of radio or television signals received.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The act of receiving.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[chemoreception]]

+ * [[nonreception]]

+ * [[phonoreception]]

+ * [[photoreception]]

+ * [[proprioception]]

+ * [[receptionism]]

+ * [[receptionist]]

+ * [[reception desk]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[receptacle]]

+ * [[receptive]]

+ * [[receptible]]

+ * [[receptor]]

+ * [[receive]]

+ * [[receipt]]

+ * [[recipe]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}