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Perception vs. Reception

Perception and Reception Definitions

Perception

The process of perceiving something with the senses
The perception of a faint sound.

Reception

The act or process of receiving or of being received.

Perception

An instance of this
Sense perceptions.

Reception

(Football) The act or an instance of catching a forward pass.

Perception

The process or state of being aware of something
The perception of time.

Reception

A welcome, greeting, or acceptance
A friendly reception.
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Perception

Insight or knowledge gained by thinking
The perception that inheritance must be coded in DNA.

Reception

A social function, especially one intended to provide a welcome or greeting
A wedding reception.

Perception

The capacity for such insight or knowledge
Theories of how to enhance human perception.

Reception

Mental approval or acceptance
The reception of a new theory.

Perception

An insight or point of knowledge
The article is full of astute perceptions.

Reception

Conversion of transmitted electromagnetic signals into perceptible forms, such as sound or light, by means of antennas and electronic equipment.
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Perception

An interpretation or impression; an opinion or belief
Doctors working to change the public perception of certain diseases.

Reception

The condition or quality of the signals so received.

Perception

The organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information.

Reception

The act of receiving.

Perception

Conscious understanding of something.
Have perception of time

Reception

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.
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Perception

Vision (ability)

Reception

A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.
After the wedding we proceeded to the reception.

Perception

Acuity

Reception

A reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc.
The ambassador's jokes met a cold reception.

Perception

(cognition) That which is detected by the five senses; not necessarily understood (imagine looking through fog, trying to understand if you see a small dog or a cat); also that which is detected within consciousness as a thought, intuition, deduction, etc.

Reception

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

Perception

The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discernment; apperhension; cognition.

Reception

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

Perception

The faculty of perceiving; the faculty, or peculiar part, of man's constitution by which he has knowledge through the medium or instrumentality of the bodily organs; the act of apperhending material objects or qualities through the senses; - distinguished from conception.
Matter hath no life nor perception, and is not conscious of its own existence.

Reception

(law) The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture.

Perception

The quality, state, or capability, of being affected by something external; sensation; sensibility.
This experiment discovereth perception in plants.

Reception

(American football) The act of catching a pass.

Perception

An idea; a notion.

Reception

(linguistics) Reading viewed as the active process of receiving a text in any medium (written, spoken, signed, multimodal, nonverbal), consisting of several steps, such as ideation, comprehension, reconstruction, interpretation.

Perception

The representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept

Reception

The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas; reception of evidence.

Perception

A way of conceiving something;
Luther had a new perception of the Bible

Reception

The state of being received.

Perception

The process of perceiving

Reception

The act or manner of receiving, especially of receiving visitors; entertainment; hence, an occasion or ceremony of receiving guests; as, a hearty reception; an elaborate reception.
What reception a poem may find.

Perception

Knowledge gained by perceiving;
A man admired for the depth of his perception

Reception

Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine.
Philosophers who have quitted the popular doctrines of their countries have fallen into as extravagant opinions as even common reception countenanced.

Perception

Becoming aware of something via the senses

Reception

A retaking; a recovery.

Reception

The manner in which something is greeted;
She did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors

Reception

A formal party of people; as after a wedding

Reception

Quality or fidelity of a received broadcast

Reception

The act of receiving

Reception

(American football) the act of catching a pass in football;
The tight end made a great reception on the 20 yard line

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