how to pronounce reception

/ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃən/

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reception is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of reception in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… a reception to mark European victims …”

meaning of reception

Reception is the act of receiving something, typically a person or group, into a place.

reception frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word reception occurs in english on average 24.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics reception can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that reception can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;

2) people, society, and culture;

3) transport and travel;