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FAVOURABLE RECEPTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does favourable reception mean?
• FAVOURABLE RECEPTION (noun)
The noun FAVOURABLE RECEPTION has 1 sense:
1. acceptance as satisfactory
Familiarity information: FAVOURABLE RECEPTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Acceptance as satisfactory
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
approval; favorable reception; favourable reception
Context example:
he bought it on approval
Hypernyms ("favourable reception" is a kind of...):
acceptance (the state of being acceptable and accepted)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "favourable reception"):
appro (an informal British abbreviation of approval)
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