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Definitions: Receptive |
ReceptiveAdjective1. Open to arguments, ideas, or change; "receptive to reason and the logic of facts". 2. Ready or willing to receive favorably; "receptive to the proposals". 3. Of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "receptive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonyms: ReceptiveSynonyms: centripetal (adj), sensory(a) (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: unreceptive (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Receptive |
| English words defined with "receptive": dispose ♦ incline ♦ open ♦ receptive aphasia, receptively ♦ unreceptive. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "receptive": Communication Disorders, Communication Methods, Total, cone cells ♦ difference of gaussians, Dyslexia, Acquired ♦ HL-60 Cells ♦ Mice, SCID ♦ receptive animal, Receptive imagery ♦ sized paper. (references) |
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Screenplays | Well, I've indicated that I'm receptive to an offer, I've cleared the month of June and I am after all... (Working Girl; writing credit: Kevin Wade.) I am always receptive to suggestions. (Dark Star; writing credit: John Carpenter ; Dan O'Bannon) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Wherever death may surprise us, it will be welcome, provided that this, our battle cry, reach some receptive ear ...Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Health | In contrast, their faculty for receptive language-understanding what is said-is close to normal. (references) | |
Chlamydia can cause proctitis (an infection of the lining of the rectum) in persons having receptive anal intercourse. (references) | ||
Other interfering sounds such as background noise, competing voices, or room reverberation may reduce even further the hearing-impaired listener's receptive communication ability. (references) | ||
Business | Greeks are very receptive to U.S. made products. (references) | |
The commercial market is very receptive to imports. (references) | ||
Argentines are very receptive to U.S. made products. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | South Africa | The SANEF and the Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) were less receptive to the SAHRC recommendation that a single regulatory authority be established for the media. (references) |
Economic History | Uae | The UAE is very receptive to franchising. (references) |
Uk | The UK is highly receptive to U.S. investment. (references) | |
Human Rights | Senegal | Government officials generally are cooperative and receptive to their views. (references) |
Guyana | Prison officials were receptive to local and international NGO requests to enter and inspect prison facilities. (references) | |
Minorities | Romania | According to minority religious groups, the population is receptive to minority Christian confessions, and local officials tend to be tolerant but often are pressured and intimidated by the Orthodox clergy. (references) |
Political Economy | THAILAND | Customs officials have been receptive to training programs offered by the U.S. private sector on streamlining customs procedures and implementing "best practices" to improve performance. (references) |
Travel | Thailand | Business relationships in Thailand are not as formal as those found in Japan, China, Korea or the Middle East, but neither are they as relaxed and impersonal as is common in the West . Many business relationships have their foundations in personal relationships developed within the social circles of family, friends, classmates and office colleagues . Although Thailand is a relatively open and friendly society, it is advisable to approach potential business contacts with a prior introduction or personal reference . Thais will be more receptive if you arrive with an introduction or letter from a known government official or business contact . Using the Commercial Service's Gold Key Program is also an effective way to gain access to the Thai business community. (references) |
Women | Bahrain | Anecdotal evidence suggests that the courts are not receptive to such cases. (references) |
Worker Rights | Bolivia | There also are allegations that Minor's Judges, who are responsible for issuing judicial orders that permit adolescents to travel alone, are receptive to bribes to facilitate the issuance of such orders. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Receptive" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Receptive" is used about 347 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 347 | 15,353 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "receptive": receptive animal ♦ receptive aphasia ♦ receptive field ♦ Receptive imagery ♦ Receptive prayer ♦ receptive to. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "receptive": receptive-field. | |
Ending with "receptive": photo-receptive, smell-receptive. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
receptive language disorder | 12 |
receptive language | 10 |
receptive expressive language disorder | 8 |
aphasia receptive | 6 |
receptive tour operator | 6 |
receptive tourism | 5 |
receptive | 5 |
receptive service | 4 |
receptive services | 3 |
field receptive | 3 |
expressive language receptive | 2 |
delay language receptive | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "receptive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | që kap gjërat, perceptues. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | متقبل, قابل للعدوى, حسي (object lesson, sensational, sensitive, sensory, sensual, tangible, voluptuous), تقبلي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | схватлив (apprehensive, apt, comprehensive, docile, nimble, prehensile, quick, quick-witted, teachable), рецепторен, възприемчив (acquisitive, capacious, clearheaded, impressionable, open minded, recipient, susceptible, susceptive, tractable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "接". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vnímavý (impressionable, open-hearted, perceptive, percipient, quick, responsive, susceptible, susceptive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | receptivt sprog (passive language, receptive language), receptiv karakter (receptive character), stillelaesning (receptive reading), sprogforstaaelse (passive language, receptive language, speech perception), passivt sprog (passive language, receptive language), modtagerlinje (receptive overhead wire), impressiv dysfasi (disorder of receptive language acquisition), forstaaelse af laest stof (receptive reading), amnestisk afasi (amnesic aphasia, receptive aphasia, sensory aphasia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | rijdraad voor stroomafvoer (receptive overhead wire), retourleiding (receptive overhead wire), receptieve afasie (amnesic aphasia, receptive aphasia, sensory aphasia), receptief veld (receptive field), receptief leren (receptive learning), receptief karakter (receptive character), vatbaar dier (receptive animal), taalontwikkelingsstoornis van het receptieve type (disorder of receptive language acquisition), sensorische afasie (amnesic aphasia, receptive aphasia, sensorial aphasia, sensory aphasia, sensory hearing disturbance), passieve taal (passive language, receptive language), inkt-aannemend (ink receptive), begrijpend lezen (receptive reading). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پذیرنده , پذیرا (Acceptable), حاضربقبول , شنوا. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vastaanottava kenttä (receptive field), puheen ymmärtämisen häiriö (disorder of receptive language acquisition), herkkä kenttä (receptive field). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | réceptif. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | aufnahmefähig (absorptive, receptible), empfänglich (accessible, impressible, receptively, responsive, sensitive, susceptible, susceptibly, susceptive, susceptively). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | δεκτικόσ (accessible, recipient). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | קולט (container, receiver, receptor), פתוח (developing film, development, elaboration, expansion, open). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fogékony (acceptant, apt, biddable, docile, impressionable, impulsive, recipient, responsive, sensitive, susceptible). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ricettivo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 잘 받아"이". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | goaillagh (contagious, infectious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eceptiveray receptivo, impressionável (accessible, impressible, impression, impressionable, responsive, sensitive, sensory, susceptible, tender). (various references) receptiv (acquisitive, alive, apprehensive, nimble, open minded, perceptively, pervious, recipe). (various references) восприимчивый (acquisitive, adoptive, hospitable, impressible, impressionable, mentally alert, open minded, perceptive, perceptual, recipient, sensitive). (various references) prijemčiv (clinging, hospitable, susceptive), predusretljiv (accommodating, affable, attentive). (various references) receptivo (open). (various references) receptiv. (various references) yeni fikirlere açık (open minded), anlayışlı (comprehensive, considerate, discerning, gentle, heartthrob, indulgent, quick-eyed, sagacious, understanding, wise), çabuk kavrayan (percipient, quick on the draw). (various references) сприйнятливий (acquisitive, adoptive, alive, apprehensive, apt, cataleptic, facile, open minded, perceptive, pervious, recipient, sensitive, susceptive), рецептивний. (various references) dễ tiếp thu, dễ lĩnh hội. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | capabilis. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "receptive": receptively, receptiveness, receptivenesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "receptive": chemoreceptive, mechanoreceptive, photoreceptive, preceptive, unreceptive. (additional references) | |
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"Receptive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: proceptive, receptie, receptiue. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "receptive" (pronounced ruse"ptiv or rēse"ptiv) |
| 8 | r u s e" p t i v | contraceptive, unreceptive. |
| 7 | -u s e" p t i v | deceptive. |
| 6 | -s e" p t i v | perceptive. |
| 4 | -p t i v | adaptive, adoptive, captive, corruptive, descriptive, disparages, disruptive, eruptive, preemptive, presumptive, redemptive. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accommodative, accumulative, accusative, acquisitive, active, addictive, additive, adjective, administrative, affective, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, appointive, appreciative, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, attractive, authoritative, automotive, causative, cognitive, collaborative, collective, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, conductive, congestive, connective, consecutive, conservative, constructive, consultative, contemplative, cooperative, corrective, counterproductive, creative, cumulative, curative, decorative, defective, definitive, degenerative, deliberative, demonstrative, derivative, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, diminutive, directive, disincentive, dispositive, dissipative, distinctive, distributive, duplicative, effective, elective, elucidative, evocative, executive, exhaustive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, facultative, Federative, festive, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hyperactive, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imitative, imperative, inactive, inattentive, incentive, indicative, ineffective, infective, infinitive, informative, initiative, injunctive, innovative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, instinctive, instructive, interactive, interpretive, introspective, intuitive, invective, inventive, investigative, irrespective, iterative, laxative, legislative, locomotive, lucrative, manipulative, meditative, motive, narrative, native, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonnative, nonproductive, normative, nutritive, objective, obstructive, octave, operative, overactive, palliative, participative, pejorative, perspective, photoconductive, plaintive, positive, predictive, prerogative, preservative, preventative, preventive, primitive, proactive, probative, productive, prognosticative, prohibitive, projective, prospective, protective, provocative, punitive, putative, qualitative, quantitative, radioactive, reactive, reconstructive, recuperative, redistributive, reflective, refractive, regulative, rehabilitative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, reproductive, respective, restive, restorative, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, secretive, sedative, seductive, selective, sensitive, speculative, stimulative, subjective, substantive, suggestive, superconductive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, unattractive, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unproductive, unrepresentative, vegetative, vindictive, vituperative. |
| 6 | -s e" p t i v | contraceptive, deceptive, perceptive, unreceptive. |
| 4 | -p t i v | adaptive, adoptive, captive, corruptive, descriptive, disparages, disruptive, eruptive, preemptive, presumptive, redemptive. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accommodative, accumulative, accusative, acquisitive, active, addictive, additive, adjective, administrative, affective, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, appointive, appreciative, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, attractive, authoritative, automotive, causative, cognitive, collaborative, collective, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, conductive, congestive, connective, consecutive, conservative, constructive, consultative, contemplative, cooperative, corrective, counterproductive, creative, cumulative, curative, decorative, defective, definitive, degenerative, deliberative, demonstrative, derivative, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, diminutive, directive, disincentive, dispositive, dissipative, distinctive, distributive, duplicative, effective, elective, elucidative, evocative, executive, exhaustive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, facultative, Federative, festive, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hyperactive, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imitative, imperative, inactive, inattentive, incentive, indicative, ineffective, infective, infinitive, informative, initiative, injunctive, innovative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, instinctive, instructive, interactive, interpretive, introspective, intuitive, invective, inventive, investigative, irrespective, iterative, laxative, legislative, locomotive, lucrative, manipulative, meditative, motive, narrative, native, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonnative, nonproductive, normative, nutritive, objective, obstructive, octave, operative, overactive, palliative, participative, pejorative, perspective, photoconductive, plaintive, positive, predictive, prerogative, preservative, preventative, preventive, primitive, proactive, probative, productive, prognosticative, prohibitive, projective, prospective, protective, provocative, punitive, putative, qualitative, quantitative, radioactive, reactive, reconstructive, recuperative, redistributive, reflective, refractive, regulative, rehabilitative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, reproductive, respective, restive, restorative, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, secretive, sedative, seductive, selective, sensitive, speculative, stimulative, subjective, substantive, suggestive, superconductive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, unattractive, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unproductive, unrepresentative, vegetative, vindictive, vituperative. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-i-p-r-t-v" | |
-1 letter: erective, perceive. | |
-2 letters: creepie, evictee, receipt, receive. | |
-3 letters: cerite, peerie, piecer, pierce, privet, recept, recipe, recite, tierce, verite. | |
-4 letters: citer, civet, creep, crepe, crept, cripe, eerie, erect, evert, evict, evite, peeve, peter, piece, price, recti, reeve, reive, retie, revet, rivet, tepee, terce, trice, tripe, viper. | |
-5 letters: cepe, cere, cete, cire, cite, epee, epic, etic, ever, peer, peri, pert, pice, pier, pree, rete, rice, ripe, rite, rive, tier, tire, tree, trip, veep, veer, vert, vice, vier. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-e-i-p-r-t-v" | |
+1 letter: perceptive, perfective, preceptive, respective. | |
+2 letters: perfectives, persecutive, perspective, receptively, unreceptive. | |
+3 letters: apperceptive, depreciative, imperceptive, imperfective, irrespective, perceptively, perfectively, perspectives, recuperative, respectively, unperceptive. | |
+4 letters: exteroceptive, hyperreactive, imperfectives, interoceptive, perspectively, receptiveness, receptivities, retrospective. | |
+5 letters: chemoreceptive, overprotective, perceptiveness, perceptivities, perfectiveness, perfectivities, photoreceptive, protectiveness, respectiveness, retrospectives, supereffective. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 63 65 70 74 69 76 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . -.-. . .--. - .. ...- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01100011 01100101 01110000 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e c e p t i v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0063 0065 0070 0074 0069 0076 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)527169718286758871 |
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