Reception vs Levee - What's the difference?
reception | levee |
The act of receiving.
(uncountable, electronics) The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.
A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.
A reaction.
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The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.
(UK, education) The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.
An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.
(US) The steep bank of a river, or border of an irrigated field.
(US) A pier or other landing place on a river.
(US) To keep within a channel by means of levees.
(obsolete) The act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.
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A reception of visitors held after getting up.
A formal reception, especially one given by royalty or other leaders.
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To attend the levee or levees of.
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As nouns the difference between reception and levee
is that reception is the act of receiving while levee is an embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the mississippi or levee can be (obsolete) the act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.As a verb levee is
(us|transitive) to keep within a channel by means of levees or levee can be to attend the levee or levees of.reception
English
Noun
- We have poor TV reception in the valley.
- The new system provides exceptional quality of the reception signal.
- After the wedding we proceeded to the reception .
- The ambassador's jokes met a cold reception .
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Synonyms
* (desk where guests are received) front deskDerived terms
* receptionist * reception desk * reception roomAnagrams
* ----levee
English
(wikipedia levee)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (embankment) dike, floodwallVerb
- to levee a river
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- the sun's levee
- The sturdy hind now attends the levee of his fellow-labourer the ox
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Verb
- He levees all the great.