positive reception

collocation in English

meaningsofpositiveandreception

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positive
adjective
uk
/ˈpɒz.ə.tɪv/us
/ˈpɑː.zə.t̬ɪv/
full of hope and confidence, or giving cause for hope ...
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reception
noun
uk
/rɪˈsep.ʃən/us
/rɪˈsep.ʃən/
a formal party at which important people ...
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(Definition ofpositiveandreceptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpositive reception

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The initialpositivereceptionof this 'zero contribution' inference was followed by a large critical literature.
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This sort of reply overlooks how hiddenness itself may make apositivereceptionlater on unlikely.
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Even if the project has had apositivereception, what happens to the participants after the dance workers have gone?
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Discussions with colleagues in the police and health services have suggested apositivereceptionfor these ideas.
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This reafforestation programme was given a verypositivereception.
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By 1998 teachers' doubts and negativity had given way to an overwhelminglypositivereceptionof popular music and its presentation as an equal alongside other musics.
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It has receivedpositivereception.
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The album receivedpositivereception.
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I thank my noble friend for his sympathetic if notpositivereceptionof my amendment.
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I thank him again for hispositivereceptionof the measure.
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Critics gave the book apositivereception.
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The song had a generallypositivereception.
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The movie had a mostlypositivereception.
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The video had a largelypositivereception.
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The song received mixed topositivereception.
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It has garnered a generallypositivereception.
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The game was met withpositivereception.
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The episode received generallypositivereception.
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The song receivedpositivereceptionfrom critics.
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The film receivedpositivereceptionfrom critics.
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It has also receivedpositivereception.
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The shows had apositivereception.
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Critically, the episode received apositivereception.
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The single gainedpositivereceptionfrom critics.
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The episode had an overwhelminglypositivereception.
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