Collocations for reception - noun

report to
All delegates should report to the reception on arrival.

call, call down to, phone, ring (BrE)

area, lobby (AmE)
counter, desk (AmE, BrE)
hall
staff

at reception (BrE), at the reception
The man at the reception says there's a call for you.
I've left the keys at reception.

in reception
Please wait for me downstairs in reception.
The documents are in reception.

on reception
I've been on reception (= working at the reception desk) the whole morning.

big, large
lavish
small
formal, informal
official
special
gala
evening
opening, welcome (esp. AmE)
The opening reception of the exhibition was attended by many well-known figures from the art world.

civic (BrE), diplomatic, wedding
champagne (esp. BrE), cocktail (esp. AmE)
a White House cocktail 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.

room
Tables were set out in the embassy's beautiful reception room.

at a/the reception
We met at a reception.

reception for
a reception for the Japanese trade delegation

enthusiastic, favourable/favorable, friendly, good, great, positive, rapturous, rousing, sympathetic, warm
lukewarm, mixed, tepid
bad, chilly, cold, cool, frosty, hostile
critical
critical reception to a movie

public

enjoy, get, have, meet, meet with, receive
The plan has had a somewhat mixed reception from local people.
The returning soldiers received a rousing reception.

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.

party
A reception party of soldiers was there to greet the visiting head of state.

centre/center
a reception centre/center for visitors
a reception centre for children who have run away from home (BrE)

reception by
the book's reception by reviewers

reception from
a cool reception from the crowd

reception into
reception into the monastic order

reception to
the positive reception to the speech

good, strong
Television reception is very good in this area.

bad, poor, weak
radio, satellite, television, TV