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reception
Noun
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A reception of something is how well it is doing.
The reception of this video game is pretty good. I recommend buying it.
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A reception is a party-like social affair for meeting someone important or special.
A reception was held in the civic center for the winners of the county art competition.
The bridal couple's gifts were displayed at the wedding reception.
I shook Prince William's hand at the reception held for him in the White House rose garden.
ward
Noun
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A ward is an area in a hospital that focused on one kind of medicine.
We visited them in the hospital's children's ward.
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A ward is an area of a city.
The lower ninth ward of New Orleans was destroyed by the flood.
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A ward is someone, usually a child, who is under the legal care of someone else.
ward
Verb
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If you ward off something bad, you do something to keep it away.