receptive
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re·cep·tive
(rĭ-sĕp′tĭv)adj.
1. Capable of or qualified for receiving.
2. Ready or willing to receive favorably: receptive to their proposals.
3. Linguistics Of or relating to the skills of listening and reading.
4.
a. Receiving or ready to receive penetration in sexual intercourse.
b. Receiving or ready to receive male gametes or nuclei during sexual reproduction: a receptive hypha; receptive stigmas.
re·cep′tive·ly adv.
re·cep′tive·ness, re′cep·tiv′i·ty n.
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receptive
(rɪˈsɛptɪv)adj
1. able to apprehend quickly
2. tending to receive new ideas or suggestions favourably
3. able to hold or receive
reˈceptively adv
receptivity, reˈceptiveness n
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re•cep•tive
(rɪˈsɛp tɪv)adj.
1. having the quality of receiving, taking in, or admitting.
2. able or quick to receive knowledge, ideas, etc.
3. willing or inclined to receive suggestions, offers, etc.
4. of or pertaining to reception or receptors: a receptive end organ.
5. of or pertaining to the language skills of listening and reading.
re•cep′tive•ly, adv.
re•cep•tiv•i•ty (ˌri sɛpˈtɪv ɪ ti) re•cep′tive•ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. | receptive - open to arguments, ideas, or change; "receptive to reason and the logic of facts" pervious - admitting of passage or entrance; "pervious soil"; "a metal pervious to heat" |
| 2. | receptive - ready or willing to receive favorably; "receptive to the proposals" unreceptive - not receptive | |
| 3. | receptive - of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons" afferent - of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS; "afferent nerves"; "afferent impulses" | |
| 4. | receptive - able to absorb liquid (not repellent); "the paper is ink-receptive" absorbent, absorptive - having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.); "as absorbent as a sponge" |
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receptive
adjective
1. open, sympathetic, favourable, amenable, interested, welcoming, friendly, accessible, susceptible, open-minded, hospitable, approachable, open to suggestions The voters had seemed receptive to his ideas.
open prejudiced, biased, narrow-minded, unresponsive, unreceptive
open prejudiced, biased, narrow-minded, unresponsive, unreceptive
2. responsive, sensitive The patient was not at all receptive to treatment.
responsive unresponsive, unreceptive
responsive unresponsive, unreceptive
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receptive
adjectiveReady and willing to receive favorably, as new ideas:
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Translations
chápavý
åbenlydhørmodtagelig
móttækilegur, opinn
imlus
jutīgsuzņēmīgsuztvērīgs
chápavý
açıkyeni fikirleri kabule hazır
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
receptive
[rɪˈsɛptɪv] adj → réceptif/ivereceptive to sth [+ change, idea, proposal] → ouvert(e) à qch
to be receptive to treatment [patient] → bien répondre au traitement
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
receptive
adj person, mind, market → aufnahmefähig; audience → empfänglich; receptive to → empfänglich für; to fall on receptive ears → auf offene Ohren treffen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
receptive
[rɪˈsɛptɪv] adj → ricettivo/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
receptive
(rəˈseptiv) adjective (of people, their minds etc) quick to understand and accept new ideas etc.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
re·cep·tive
a. receptivo-a, acogedor-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
receptive
adj receptivoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.