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 Definitions of receptive  [ɪˈsɛp tɪv]  

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Definition of 'receptive' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) receptive
having the quality of receiving, taking in, or admitting.

2.  receptive
able or quick to receive knowledge, ideas, etc.

3.  receptive
willing or inclined to receive suggestions, offers, etc.

4.  receptive
of or pertaining to reception or receptors:
a receptive end organ.

5.  receptive
of or pertaining to the language skills of listening and reading.


Definition of 'receptive' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) receptive
open to arguments, ideas, or change
"receptive to reason and the logic of facts"

2. (adj) receptive, open
ready or willing to receive favorably
"receptive to the proposals"

3. (adj) centripetal, receptive, sensory(a)
of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
"sensory neurons"

4. (adj) receptive
able to absorb liquid (not repellent)
"the paper is ink-receptive"


Definition of 'receptive' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) receptive
showing interest in and being likely to accept an idea
The management was receptive to the idea.


Definition of 'receptive' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) receptive
having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in, absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing; as, a receptive mind


Translation of 'receptive' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (of people, their minds etc) quick to understand and accept new ideas etc.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: ontvanklik Arabic flag Arabic: مُتَقَبِّل للإفْكار ، مُت Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: възприемчив
Brazilian flag Brazilian: receptivo Czech flag Czech: chápavý German flag German: empfänglich
Danish flag Danish: modtagelig;åben; lydhør Greek flag Greek: δεκτικός Spanish flag Spanish: receptivo
Estonian flag Estonian: vastuvõtlik Farsi flag Farsi: پذیرنده؛ قبول کننده؛ پذیر Finnish flag Finnish: vastaanottavainen
French flag French: réceptif Hebrew flag Hebrew: פָּתוּחַ Hindi flag Hindi: ग्रहणशील
Croatian flag Croatian: sposoban da prima (prihva Hungarian flag Hungarian: fogékony Indonesian flag Indonesian: cepat mengerti
Icelandic flag Icelandic: móttækilegur, opinn Italian flag Italian: ricettivo Japanese flag Japanese: 感受性の鋭い
Korean flag Korean: 이해가 빠른 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: imlus Latvian flag Latvian: uzņēmīgs; uztvērīgs; jutī
Malay flag Malay: menerima Dutch flag Dutch: ontvankelijk Norwegian flag Norwegian: mottakelig, lærenem
Polish flag Polish: chłonny, podatny Persian flag Persian: پذیرنده؛ قبول کننده؛ پذیر Pashto flag Pashto: موندونكى، منونكى، اخيستون
Portuguese flag Portuguese: receptivo Romanian flag Romanian: receptiv Russian flag Russian: восприимчивый
Slovak flag Slovak: chápavý Slovenian flag Slovenian: dovzeten Serbian flag Serbian: prijemčiv
Swedish flag Swedish: receptiv Thai flag Thai: ซึ่งรับไว้ Turkish flag Turkish: açık, yeni fikirleri kabu
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (人)很能接受新理念的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: сприйнятливий Urdu flag Urdu: اخذ کرنے والا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: dễ tiếp thu Chinese flag Chinese: 有接受能力的,(对新的思想等)善于接受的

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