Reception vs. Party

Receptionnoun

The act of receiving.

Receptionnoun

The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.

Receptionnoun

A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.

Receptionnoun

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

Receptionnoun

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

Receptionnoun

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

Receptionnoun

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

Receptionnoun

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.

Receptionnoun

The state of being received.

Receptionnoun

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.

Receptionnoun

Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine.

Receptionnoun

A retaking; a recovery.

Receptionnoun

the manner in which something is greeted;

Receptionnoun

a formal party of people; as after a wedding

Receptionnoun

quality or fidelity of a received broadcast

Receptionnoun

the act of receiving

Receptionnoun

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

Receptionnoun

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

Receptionnoun

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

Receptionnoun

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

Receptionnoun

the formal or ceremonious welcoming of a guest

Receptionnoun

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

Receptionnoun

the process of receiving broadcast signals

Receptionnoun

the quality of broadcast signals received

Receptionnoun

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

Receptionnoun

the first class in an infant or primary school

Receptionnoun

an act of catching a pass

Partynoun

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

Partynoun

A person.

Partynoun

A person; an individual.

Partynoun

With to: an accessory, someone who takes part.

Partynoun

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

Partynoun

Active player characters organized into a single group.

Partynoun

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

Partynoun

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

Partynoun

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

Partynoun

A social gathering.

Partynoun

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

Partynoun

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

Partynoun

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

Partynoun

(obsolete) A part or division.

Partyverb

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

Partyverb

To take recreational drugs.

Partyverb

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

Partyverb

To form a party (with).

Partyadjective

Divided; in part.

Partyadjective

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

Partyadverb

(obsolete) Partly.

Partynoun

A part or portion.

Partynoun

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.

Partynoun

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

Partynoun

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.

Partynoun

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.

Partynoun

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

Partynoun

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

Partynoun

Cause; side; interest.

Partynoun

A person; as, he is a queer party.

Partyadjective

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

Partyadjective

Partial; favoring one party; partisan.

Partyadverb

Partly.

Partynoun

an organization to gain political power;

Partynoun

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

Partynoun

a band of people associated temporarily in some activity;

Partynoun

a group of people gathered together for pleasure;

Partynoun

a person involved in legal proceedings;

Partyverb

have or participate in a party;

Party

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.