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receptive

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re·cep·tive  (r-sptv)
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.

re·ceptive·ly adv.
re·ceptive·ness, recep·tivi·ty n.

receptive
Adjective
willing to consider and accept new ideas or suggestions
receptivity
receptiveness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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"

receptive
Translations
receptive [rɪˈsɛptɪv] adjreceptivo

receptive [rɪˈsɛptɪv] adjréceptif/ive

receptive [rɪˈsɛptɪv] adjaufnahmebereit

receptive [rɪˈsɛptɪv] adjricettivo/a

receptive
adj receptive [rəˈseptiv]
(of people, their minds etc) quick to understand and accept new ideas etc. ontvanklik مُتَقَبِّل للإفْكار ، مُتَفَتِّح الذِّهْن възприемчив chápavý modtagelig; åben; lydhør empfänglich δεκτικός receptivo vastuvõtlik پذیرنده؛ قبول کننده؛ پذیرا vaikutelmille avoin réceptif פָּתוּחַ ग्रहणशील sposoban da prima (prihvaća, shvaća), prijemljiv fogékony cepat mengerti móttækilegur, opinn ricettivo 感受性の鋭い 잘 받아들이는 imlus uzņēmīgs; uztvērīgs; jutīgs menerima ontvankelijk mottakelig, lærenem chłonny, podatny receptivo receptiv восприимчивый chápavý dovzeten prijemčiv receptiv ซึ่งรับไว้ açık, yeni fikirleri kabule hazır 有接受能力的,善於接受的 сприйнятливий اخذ کرنے والا dễ tiếp thu 接受能力接受


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He had very raw material, and doubtless most of his pupils failed to get the greatest lessons from him; but, as he had been a peculiarly receptive pupil of Dr.
His temperament was receptive to the beautiful influences with which he came in contact, and he was able in his letters from Rome to put a subtle fragrance of Italy.
On the contrary, he sat rather mute and receptive before her chatty eagerness to make him feel at home and in face of Gaston's frank and wordy hospitality.
 
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