Noun

The act of receiving.

(uncountable, electronics) The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.

We have poor TV reception in the valley.

The new system provides exceptional quality of the reception signal.

A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.

After the wedding we proceeded to the reception .

A reaction.

The ambassador's jokes met a cold reception .

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The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.

(UK, education) The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.

Noun

(wikipedia presentation) (en noun)

The act of presenting, or something presented

* Hooker

Prayers are sometimes a presentation of mere desires.

A dramatic performance

An award given to someone on a special occasion

A lecture or speech given in front of an audience

(medicine) The symptoms and other possible indications of disease, trauma, etc., that are exhibited by a patient who has sought, or has otherwise come to, the attention of a physician, e.g., "Thirty-four-year-old male presented in the emergency room with slight fever, dilated pupils, and marked disorientation."

(medicine) The position of the foetus in the uterus at birth

(fencing) Offering one's blade for engagement by the opponent

(mathematics) The specification of a group by generators and relators.

The act or right of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice.

* Blackstone

If the bishop admits the patron's presentation , the clerk so admitted is next to be instituted by him.