Reception vs. Party

The act of receiving.

The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.

Example: ‘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.

Example: ‘After the wedding we proceeded to the reception.’;

A reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc.

Example: ‘The ambassador's jokes met a cold reception.’;

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

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

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

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.

The state of being received.

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.

Example: ‘What reception a poem may find.’;

Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine.

Example: ‘Philosophers who have quitted the popular doctrines of their countries have fallen into as extravagant opinions as even common reception countenanced.’;

A retaking; a recovery.

the manner in which something is greeted;

Example: ‘she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors’;

a formal party of people; as after a wedding

quality or fidelity of a received broadcast

the act of receiving

(American football) the act of catching a pass in football;

Example: ‘the tight end made a great reception on the 20 yard line’;

the action or process of receiving something sent, given, or inflicted

Example: ‘sensation is not the passive reception of stimuli’;

the way in which a person or group of people reacts to someone or something

Example: ‘the election budget got a stony reception in the City’;

a formal social occasion held to welcome someone or to celebrate an event

Example: ‘a wedding reception’;

the formal or ceremonious welcoming of a guest

Example: ‘his reception by the Prime Minister’;

the action of admitting someone to a place, group, or institution or the process of being admitted

Example: ‘their reception into the Church’;

the process of receiving broadcast signals

Example: ‘a microchip that will allow parents to block reception of violent programmes’;

the quality of broadcast signals received

Example: ‘I had to put up with poor radio reception’;

the area in a hotel or organization where guests and visitors are greeted and dealt with

Example: ‘wait for me downstairs in reception’; ‘the reception desk’;

the first class in an infant or primary school

Example: ‘my son is in reception’; ‘the reception class’;

an act of catching a pass

Example: ‘his 49 receptions included six touchdowns’;

(legal) A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action.

Example: ‘The contract requires that the party of the first part pay the fee.’;

A person.

A person; an individual.

Example: ‘He is a queer party.’;

With to: an accessory, someone who takes part.

Example: ‘I can't possibly be a party to that kind of reckless behaviour.’;

A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc.

Active player characters organized into a single group.

(video games) A group of characters controlled by the player.

A political group considered as a formal whole, united under one specific political platform of issues and campaigning to take part in government.

Example: ‘The green party took 12% of the vote.’;

(military) A discrete detachment of troops, especially for a particular purpose.

Example: ‘The settlers were attacked early next morning by a scouting party.’;

A social gathering.

A gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing.

Example: ‘I'm throwing a huge party for my 21st birthday.’;

A group of people traveling or attending an event together, or participating in the same activity.

Example: ‘We're expecting a large party from the London office.’;

A gathering of acquaintances so that one of them may offer items for sale to the rest of them.

Example: ‘Tupperware party’; ‘lingerie party’;

(obsolete) A part or division.

(intransitive) To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.

Example: ‘We partied until the early hours.’;

To take recreational drugs.

(intransitive) To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.

To form a party (with).

Example: ‘If you want to beat that monster, you should party with a healer.’;

Divided; in part.

(heraldry) Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries.

Example: ‘an escutcheon party per pale’;

(obsolete) Partly.

A part or portion.

A number of persons united in opinion or action, as distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people is divided on questions of public policy.

Example: ‘Win the noble Brutus to our party.’; ‘The peace both parties want is like to last.’;

A part of a larger body of company; a detachment;

A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a select company; as, a dinner party; also, the entertainment itself; as, to give a party.

One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes part with others; a participator; as, he was a party to the plot; a party to the contract.

The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant.

Example: ‘The cause of both parties shall come before the judges.’;

Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another.

Example: ‘If the jury found that the party slain was of English race, it had been adjudged felony.’;

Cause; side; interest.

Example: ‘Have you nothing saidUpon this Party 'gainst the Duke of Albany?’;

A person; as, he is a queer party.

Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale.

Partial; favoring one party; partisan.

Example: ‘I will be true judge, and not party.’;

Partly.

an organization to gain political power;

Example: ‘in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level’;

an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment;

Example: ‘he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day’;

a band of people associated temporarily in some activity;

Example: ‘they organized a party to search for food’; ‘the company of cooks walked into the kitchen’;

a group of people gathered together for pleasure;

Example: ‘she joined the party after dinner’;

a person involved in legal proceedings;

Example: ‘the party of the first part’;

have or participate in a party;

Example: ‘The students were partying all night before the exam’;

A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, recreation, or as part of a festival or other commemoration or celebration of a special occasion. A party will typically feature food and beverages, and often music and dancing or other forms of entertainment.