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receptive Definition

re·cep·tive (ri sep′tiv)

adjective

  1. receiving or tending to receive, take in, admit, or contain
  2. inclined to the favorable reception of a request, suggestion, etc.
  3. able or ready to receive new ideas
  4. of reception or receptors

Etymology: ML receptivus < L receptus: see receipt

receptive Related Forms

re·cep′·tively adverb re·cep′·tive·ness noun or re·cep′·tiv′·ity

receptive Synonyms

receptive

modif.

responsive, open, amenable, perceptive; see impressionable, sensitive 3.

receptive Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • make: We must do more to make the justice system receptive to the needs of victims.
  • find: Museum staff then asked questions: Do schools find museums receptive?

Modifies a noun

  • vocabulary: The main areas of impairment across the group are: receptive vocabulary, formulating sentences, verbal problem solving, literacy.
  • audience: Missing Ray - Oct 04 Nice place to play, big stage receptive audience.
  • coating: This material with white appearance has strong bondage with inkjet receptive coating, flexo printing.
  • ear: She poured her ideas into Kris ' receptive ears.
  • field: A set of motion energy receptive fields is designed in order to sample the power spectrum of a moving texture.
  • mood: There is nothing like giving to put you into an open, receptive mood, with all the physiological benefits that this brings.

Modifying Another Word

  • sexually: The male tested several of the females to access whether they were sexually receptive.
  • extremely: The band played a " Last Night of the Proms " style concert to an extremely receptive audience.
  • particularly: The human body is particularly receptive during the waxing moon.
  • especially: You are a convincing speaker, but are not especially receptive to the ideas and opinions of others.
  • increasingly: Whilst this meant there was an increasingly receptive audience for the pensions debate there was also considerable noise.
  • very: Members of Council are very receptive to ideas from members, we just don't get enough of them.

Infinitive complement

change: You will have the ability to be commercially aware, receptive to change with a confident, flexible attitude.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: For some reason the sky above Alaska seems strangely receptive to images of Bristol.
  • prove: Leading retailers have already proved receptive to the concept of waste reduction.
  • become: Your senses have become receptive to what is around.
  • remain: Theories and understandings aside, my task boiled down to remaining receptive to the whispers of Spirit, and following its guidance.

Preposition: than

other: Some classes seem easier to teach and more receptive than others.