reception

Other forms of reception

plural

receptions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about reception

What does reception mean?

reception means "the manner in which something is greeted". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in reception?

reception has 3 syllables: re-cep-tion. The stress falls on "cep". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈsɛpʃən/.

What is another word for reception?

Close synonyms include response, receipt. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is reception a common word?

reception is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with reception?

10 words rhyme with reception. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.