receptive
IPA: rɪsˈɛptɪv
adjective
- Capable of receiving something.
- Ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas.
- (botany) Of a female flower or gynoecium: ready for reproduction; fertile.
- (neurology, psychology) Of, affecting, or pertaining to the understanding of language rather than its expression.
- (zoology) Of a female animal (especially a mammal): prepared to mate; in heat, in oestrus.
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Examples of "receptive" in Sentences
- Their receptiveness is closed.
- She was receptive to the idea.
- The woman was the receptive partner.
- I'm receptive to the principle of secession.
- The open line represents yin, the receptive principle.
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