| Main Entry: | reception |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | acceptance; acknowledgment |
Synonyms: |
accession, acquisition, admission, disposition, encounter, gathering, greeting, induction, introduction, meeting, reaction, receipt, receiving, recipience, recognition, response, salutation, treatment, welcome |
Antonyms: |
disacknowledgment |
| Main Entry: | reception |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebratory party |
Synonyms: |
buffet, dinner, do*, entertainment, function, gathering, levee, matinee, soiree, supper, tea |
| Concept: | [Motion into, actively] Reception. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
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-nouns
reception; admission, admittance, entree, importation; introduction, intromission; immission, ingestion, imbibation, introception, absorption, ingurgitation, inhalation; suction, sucking; eating, drinking (food); insertion; interjection; introit.
-verbs
give entrance to, give admittance to, give the entree; introduce, intromit; usher, admit, receive, import, bring in, open the door to, throw in, ingest, absorb, imbibe, inhale; let in, take in, suck in; readmit, resorb, reabsorb; snuff up, swallow, ingurgitate; engulf, engorge; gulp; eat, drink (food).
-adjectives
admitting, admitted; admissable; absorbent.
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Antonyms: |
ejection (Motion out of)] |
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| Main Entry: | absorption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assimilation, incorporation |
Synonyms: |
consumption, digestion, drinking in, exhaustion, fusion, imbibing, impregnation, ingestion, inhalation, intake, osmosis, penetration, reception, retention, saturation, soaking up, suction, taking in |
| Main Entry: | acceptance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement, taking |
Synonyms: |
accepting, acknowledgment, acquiring, admission, approval, assent, compliance, consent, cooperation, gaining, getting, go-ahead, green light, nod, obtaining, okay, permission, receipt, receiving, reception, recognition, securing, taking on, undertaking, yes |
Antonyms: |
disagreement, dissent, refusal |
| Main Entry: | admission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entering or allowing entry |
Synonyms: |
acceptance, access, admittance, certification, confirmation, designation, door, entrance, entree, ingress, initiation, introduction, permission, reception, recognition, way, welcome |
| Notes: | admission implies a physical entrance, whereas admittance implies some sort of procedural or merely formal entry; admission correlates with permission to move into a room or building but admittance correlates with acceptance into a group or organization admission falls short of an acknowledgment of all elements of a crime - which would be a confession |
Antonyms: |
denial, exclusion, expulsion, refusal |
| Main Entry: | admittance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | permission to enter |
Synonyms: |
access, entrance, entry, entrée, ingress, pass, passage, reception |
| Main Entry: | affair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | party or celebration |
Synonyms: |
do, entertainment, function, gathering, reception, shindig, soiree |
| Main Entry: | audience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hearing |
Synonyms: |
audition, conference, consideration, consultation, conversation, discussion, interview, meeting, reception |
| Main Entry: | ball |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dance party |
Synonyms: |
hoedown, hoodang, hop, jump, mingle, prom, promenade, reception, shindig |