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UK
/ɹɪsˈɛptɪv/
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[ US /ɹiˈsɛptɪv, ɹɪˈsɛptɪv/ ]
[ US /ɹiˈsɛptɪv, ɹɪˈsɛptɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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ready or willing to receive favorably
receptive to the proposals -
able to absorb liquid (not repellent)
the paper is ink-receptive -
of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
sensory neurons -
open to arguments, ideas, or change
receptive to reason and the logic of facts
How To Use receptive In A Sentence
- There wasn't a puff of wind for most of an unseasonally cold day and the heavy overnight rain had softened both the fairways and greens to make them more receptive.
- Similarly, managers and directors appeared to share an equivalent value orientation to the fans and were more receptive to their opinions.
- receptive to the proposals
- Norris divides a law into a preceptive and a punitive element. Motherly Advice
- Journalists must make their audiences receptive to the message. A Short Guide to Writing About Science
- For not all Japanese industry is receptive to change. MANAGEMENT: task, responsibilities, practices
- There could have been some kind of relaxant, to make us more receptive. THE GOSPEL MAKERS
- The world can be changed by man's endeavor, and that this endeavor can lead to something new and better .No man can sever the bonds that unite him to his society simply by averting his eyes . He must ever be receptive and sensitive to the new ; and have sufficient courage and skill to novel facts and to deal with them .
- However, we've found that people in Swindon are receptive to new ideas and are broad-minded about art.
- But they had been receptive to the charge only after becoming convinced by every tale of backroom vote buying and back-scratching that he was not the idealist they had thought he was. O: A Presidential Novel