VERB + RECEPTION
- wait (for sb) in
- Please wait for me downstairs in reception
- leave sth at/with
- I've left the keys at reception
- report to
- All delegates should report to reception on arrival
- phone, ring
RECEPTION + NOUN
- area
- counter, desk
- hall
- staff
PREP
- at (the) ~
- The man at reception says there's a call for you
- in ~
- The documents are in reception
- on ~
- I've been on reception (= working at the reception desk) the whole morning
ADJ
- big, large
- intimate, small
- formal
- informal
- official
- special
- evening
- civic, diplomatic, press, wedding
- buffet, champagne, sherry, wine
VERB + RECEPTION
- attend
- give, have, hold, host
- Are you having a big reception after the wedding?
- organize
- invite sb to
- Friends and family are invited to a reception after the ceremony
PREP
- at a/the ~
- We met at a reception
- ~ for
- a reception for the Japanese trade delegation
ADJ
- enthusiastic, favourable, friendly, good, great, marvellous, positive, rapturous, rousing, sympathetic, warm
- lukewarm, mixed
- bad, chilly, cool, frosty, hostile
- critical
- critical reception to a movie
- public
VERB + RECEPTION
- enjoy, get, have, meet (with), receive
- The returning soldiers enjoyed a rousing reception. The scheme has had a somewhat mixed reception from local people
- expect
- The managers did not expect a sympathetic reception from the striking workers
- give sb/sth
- She was given a rapturous reception by the crowd
RECEPTION + NOUN
- party
- A reception party of soldiers was there to greet the visiting head of state
- centre
- a reception centre for children who have run away from home
PREP
- ~ by
- the book's reception by reviewers
- ~ from
- a cool reception from the crowd
- ~ into
- reception into the monastic order
- ~ to
- the positive reception to the Chancellor's speech
ADJ
- good, strong
- Television reception is very good in this area
- bad, poor, weak
- radio, television
