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receptive

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re⋅cep⋅tive

  [ri-sep-tiv]
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–adjective
1. having the quality of receiving, taking in, or admitting.
2. able or quick to receive knowledge, ideas, etc.: a receptive mind.
3. willing or inclined to receive suggestions, offers, etc., with favor: a receptive listener.
4. of or pertaining to reception or receptors: a receptive end organ.
5. (in language learning) of or pertaining to the language skills of listening and reading (opposed to productive ).
Origin:
1540–50; < ML receptīvus. See reception, -ive

Related forms:
re⋅cep⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
re⋅cep⋅tiv⋅i⋅ty  [ree-sep-tiv-i-tee] , re⋅cep⋅tive⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
3. amenable, hospitable, responsive, open.
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re·cep·tive   (rĭ-sěp'tĭv)   
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·cep'tive·ly adv., re·cep'tive·ness, re'cep·tiv'i·ty n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: re·cep·tive
Pronunciation: ri-'sep-tiv
Function: adjective
1 : open and responsive to ideas, impressions, or suggestions
2 a of a sensory end organ : fit to receive and transmit stimuli b : SENSORY 1 —re·cep·tive·ness noun —re·cep·tiv·i·ty /"rE-"sep-'tiv-&t-E, ri-/ noun plural -ties
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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