hostile reception

collocation in English

meaningsofhostileandreception

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hostile
adjective
uk
/ˈhɒs.taɪl/us
/ˈhɑː.stəl/
unfriendly and not ...
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reception
noun
uk
/rɪˈsep.ʃən/us
/rɪˈsep.ʃən/
a formal party at which important people ...
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(Definition ofhostileandreceptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhostile reception

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Thehostilereceptionthat there was, was subtle.
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There was perhaps a further reason why the concepts were initially given such ahostilereception.
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I received a veryhostilereception.
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Thehostilereceptionfor this plan has been fully justified.
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It deserves thehostilereceptionthat it has received tonight.
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Together they have ensured ahostilereceptionfor the unfortunate traffic wardens.
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They will get a morehostilereceptionthan they have today.
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The point is that a veryhostilereceptionof that character had been prepared.
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These ideas will get ahostilereceptionif presented in the way they were presented.
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They were met with ahostilereception.
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He often faced ahostilereception.
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They met with ahostilereception.
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He received ahostilereceptionon his exit.
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It was met by ahostilereceptionby the audience.
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The book received an almost unanimouslyhostilereception.
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It is a tragedy that all too often they are given ahostilereceptionwhen they arrive on these shores.
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In spite of an initiallyhostilereception, she was allowed to remain, and won the acceptance of the family.
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It has received a much morehostilereceptionthan that accorded to the first of his two regulators.
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Ahostilereceptionwas given and his life was in danger.
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It's not all plain sailing, as in some venues they receive a veryhostilereception.
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They have not given it ahostilereception; they have given it a very mixed but, on the whole, a friendly reception.
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If it precipitates difficulties and controversies, it will be more disastrous, after a happy rather than ahostilereception, because the disappointment will be the greater.
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The plant manager told us that, five years ago, we would have had ahostilereceptionfrom the labour force, but now the reverse is the case.
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Overwhelmed by thehostilereception, she begs her sister to join her for emotional support, triggering further complications.
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