Receptive - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|rɪˈseptɪv|
Brit.
|rɪˈseptɪv|
adjective
- open to arguments, ideas, or change
- able to absorb liquid (not repellent)
receptive to reason and the logic of facts
- of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system (syn: centripetal, sensory)- able to absorb liquid (not repellent)
the paper is ink-receptive
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I was happy to be speaking before such a receptive audience.
...needed a partner who was receptive to new ways of managing the business...
You might find them in a more receptive mood tomorrow.
...an insular community that is not receptive of new ideas, especially from outsiders...
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