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PRONUNCIATION OF RECEPTION ROOM

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RECEPTION ROOM

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Reception room is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RECEPTION ROOM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

reception room

Drawing room

A drawing room is a room in a house where visitors may be entertained. The name is derived from the sixteenth-century terms withdrawing room and withdrawing chamber, which remained in use through the seventeenth century, and made their first written appearance in 1642. In a large sixteenth- to early eighteenth-century English house, a withdrawing room was a room to which the owner of the house, his wife, or a distinguished guest who was occupying one of the main apartments in the house could "withdraw" for more privacy. It was often off the great chamber and usually led to a formal, or "state" bedroom.

Definition of reception room in the English dictionary

The definition of reception room in the dictionary is a room in a private house suitable for entertaining guests, esp a lounge or dining room. Other definition of reception room is a room in a hotel suitable for large parties, receptions, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RECEPTION ROOM

recept
receptacle
receptacula
receptacular
receptaculum
receptibility
receptible
reception
reception area
reception centre
reception class
reception clerk
reception committee
reception desk
receptionist
receptive
receptively
receptiveness
receptivity
receptor

WORDS THAT END LIKE RECEPTION ROOM

bathroom
breakfast room
chat room
control room
dining room
double room
dressing room
elephant in the room
emergency room
family room
guest room
hotel room
living room
locker room
powder room
press room
shower room
single room
sitting room
tea room
utility room

Synonyms and antonyms of reception room in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «reception room» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RECEPTION ROOM

Find out the translation of reception room to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of reception room from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «reception room» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

会客室
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sala de recepción
570 millions of speakers

English

reception room
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्वागत कक्ष
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

غرفة الاستقبال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

приемная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sala de recepção
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অভ্যর্থনা ঘর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Salle de réception
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bilik penerimaan tetamu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wohnzimmer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

レセプションルーム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

리셉션 룸
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Resepsi kamar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phòng tiếp nhận
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வரவேற்பு அறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वागत कक्ष
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

resepsiyon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sala di ricevimento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

reception room
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

приймальня
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cameră de primire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αίθουσα υποδοχής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontvangs kamer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mottagningsrum
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

reception room
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of reception room

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RECEPTION ROOM»

The term «reception room» is quite widely used and occupies the 53.760 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RECEPTION ROOM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about reception room

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RECEPTION ROOM»

Discover the use of reception room in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to reception room and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Medical Assisting: Administrative and Clinical Competencies
List five things to check in a reception room environment. 3. List four tasks to do before opening the office, in addition to the reception room check. 4. Explain why the receptionist is an important position. 5. List at least five responsibilities of the  ...
Lucille Keir, Barbara Wise, Connie Krebs, 2007
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Dental Assisting: A Comprehensive Approach
The reception room is an excellent place to provide patient education materials for all age groups. The decor of this room should be changed as often as needed to keep the atmosphere friendly and positive for the patients as they enter the ...
Donna Phinney, Judy Halstead, 2012
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Business, Legal, and Tax Planning for the Dental Practice
The length of the reception room would be approximately 12 to 15 feet. Approximately 18 square feet or three by six feet per patient is required. A restroom in the reception area is not recommended, as the receptionist should be able to see ...
William P. Prescott, 2001
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Roman House in Britain
The central reception room at Woodchester is likely to have been an audience room (Witts 2000). Some 14.4 m square, this is the largest reception room known from a Romano-British house (Clarke 1982). The elaborate mosaic pavement of ...
Dominic Perring, 2013
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ABA Journal
The reception room sets the tone for the office. It should be designed and decorated to achieve the best possible effect on visitors. It should be large enough to seat an average number of visitors comfortably. There is generally no need to ...
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Bank Management
THE RECEPTION ROOM Every modern office has a reception room. This room is of substantial importance as it represents the public entrance to the office. It is not platitudinous to say that a visitor gets his first impression regarding the office ...
V.S.P. Rao, 1999
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Architecture of Herod, the Great Builder
regard as an “open reception room,” being separated from the courtyard only by the portico. It should be mentioned that since the last-mentioned reception room was open to the north (as is the case in Jericho's Twin Palaces), virtually no ...
Ehud Netzer, 2008
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The Structures of Everyday Life: The Limits of the Possible
An advertisement from the reign of Louis xv offers a rented apartment in Paris ' with ten rooms, divided into an ante-chamber, dining room, reception room, second reception room arranged for winter [therefore with heating], a small library , ...
Fernand Braudel, 1992
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Late Antique and Medieval Art of the Mediterranean World
The wide dissemination of textiles among these centres may also account for parallel translations of these motifs on a range of other works in more monumental scales as well.69 The connection of the reception room design to textiles is ...
Eva R. Hoffman, 2009
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Infancy to Early Childhood : Genetic and Environmental ...
Procedures in the lab were administered in three different rooms: reception room, cognitive room, and inhibition room, and at 14 and 20 months each child experienced the procedures in the order mentioned. At 24 and 36 months, a fourth ...
Denver Robert N. Emde Professor of Psychiatry University of Colorado Health Science Center, Boulder John K. Hewitt Professor of Psychology University of Colorado, 2001

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RECEPTION ROOM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term reception room is used in the context of the following news items.
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Groomsman's backflip fail KOs bridesmaid (Video)
In a cringeworthy YouTube video, an unidentified groomsman and bridesmaid's entrance into the reception room didn't go quite as planned. The couple danced ... «WTOP, Jul 15»
2
Kafka's Law: `You never look good arresting disabled people '
The scene outside the Governor's Reception Room yesterday afternoon. From my story in today's paper, written before the arrests, the advocates wanted Gov. «Austin American-Statesman, May 15»
3
Governors, present and past, offer their memories: Secrets of the PA …
Mark Schweiker Former Gov. Mark Schweiker said the ornate Governor's Reception Room was perhaps his favorite room in the Capitol. File photo/Associated ... «The Patriot-News - PennLive.com, Sep 14»
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Interiors: the south London home of Gavin Houghton
Houghton decided to use a similar shade (Tarragon Glory by Dulux) to paint the doors that link the two ground-floor reception rooms. 'I don't like interior design ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 14»
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Too many Civil War scenes in Minnesota Capitol? Just asking …
One of the building's most ornate spaces is the Governor's Reception Room, where most of the murals on the walls depict Minnesota soldiers fighting in the Civil ... «Rick Kupchella's BringMeTheNews, Jan 14»
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Behind the Scenes: Diplomatic Reception Rooms
For several weeks each August, the State Department's Diplomatic Reception Rooms are closed to the public to allow conservators to repair and renovate the ... «FederalNewsRadio.com, Sep 13»
7
LACMA to Add a Damascus Reception Room
As reported on LACMA's Unframed Blog, the museum is in the process of buying and conserving an elaborate reception room from a Damascus residence, ... «ARTINFO, Sep 12»
8
2011 Congressional Ornament Honors Senate Reception Room
This year's official Congressional holiday ornament is a tribute to the Senate Reception Room, a richly decorated space that was created adjacent to the ... «Roll Call, Nov 11»

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