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Definitions: Responsiveness |
ResponsivenessNoun1. Responsive to stimulation. 2. The quality of being responsive; reacting quickly; as a quality of people, it involves responding with emotion to people and events. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "responsiveness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1891. (references) |
Synonym: ResponsivenessSynonym: reactivity (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: unresponsiveness (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Responsiveness |
| English words defined with "responsiveness": Apgar score ♦ dull ♦ infantile autism ♦ outwardness ♦ sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity, suggestibility. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "responsiveness": Adjuvants, Immunologic, Anti-Arrhythmia Agents ♦ Biological Response Modifiers ♦ Cell Survival, chemosensitivity assay ♦ Genes, MHC Class I ♦ Immunologic Memory ♦ Motor Neurons, Gamma ♦ Responsiveness Summary ♦ Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic. (references) |
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Health | Microscopic examination also provides information regarding the likely behavior of a tumor and its responsiveness to treatment. (references) | |
At the biologic level, there is variability in the regulation of homeostasis, organ system reserve, immunologic responsiveness, and body composition. (references) | ||
The impact of p53 status and HPV subtypes on radiation responsiveness is a promising area of research that may allow optimization of treatment strategies. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Qatar | Callers to a popular morning radio show frequently discuss topics such as government inefficiency and the lack of responsiveness by various ministries to citizens' needs, for example, poor schools, weak infrastructure, problems at the university, and road repairs. (references) |
Pakistan | Prior to December, when the President hosted a Christmas dinner and prominent Christian leaders were invited to take part in some televised debates on politics, religious minorities reported less interaction with the Government during the year and less responsiveness to their demands. (references) | |
Economic History | Singapore | The Singapore Government prides itself on its responsiveness to the concerns of foreign investors. (references) |
Political Economy | Cambodia | Security forces are nominally under the control of civilian authorities, but in practice answer to persons within the CPP. The responsiveness of local police and military commanders to civilian authorities varies by location. (references) |
Political Rights | United Arab Emirates | By tradition rulers and ruling families are presumed to have the right to rule, but their incumbency ultimately depends on the quality of their leadership and their responsiveness to their subjects' needs. (references) |
Women | Czech Republic | However, to improve police responsiveness and prosecution efforts, the Ministry of the Interior runs a training program in protocols for investigating family violence and sexual crime cases. (references) |
Worker Rights | Honduras | The Ministry of Labor has increased its responsiveness to these complaints, according to the same organizations. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Responsiveness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Responsiveness" is used about 163 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 163 | 24,498 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "responsiveness": consumer-responsiveness, non-responsiveness. | |
| 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 |
responsiveness | 4 |
control responsiveness system | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "responsiveness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حماسة (abandonment, ardor, ardour, eagerness, ebullience, elan, enthusiasm, fervency, fervor, fervour, fire, glow, heartiness, impetus, intense interest, keenness, mettle, rage, warmth, zeal), إدراك (appreciation, apprehension, cognizance, comprehension, conception, grasp, intelligence, knowledge, maturity, puberty, pubescence, realization, reason, recognition, savvy, science, sense, senses, sensibilities, sensibility, smart, understanding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | отзивчивост (readiness, receptivity, sympathy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 快速"". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | modtagelighed (disposition, predisposition, receptiveness, receptivity, susceptibility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | aanspreekbaarheid (receptiveness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | réactivité (reactivity, receptiveness), manque de réserve, caractère affreux, bonne réaction. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Ansprechbarkeit (receptiveness), Entgegenkommen (accommodate, accommodation, approach, come to meet, come towards, comply with, concession, kindness, meet, obligingness, to be coming up to meet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αποκριτικότησ, αποκριτικότητα, δεκτικότητα (receptiveness, receptivity, recipience, recipiency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "ע ות (compliance, response), ע ות. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fogékonyság (aptitude, docility, impulsiveness, predisposition, receptiveness, receptivity, sensibility, susceptibility, suspectability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | reattivit (reactivity, receptiveness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 응답성. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | freggyraght (adequateness, amenableness, liability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | esponsivenessray receptividade (receptiveness, receptivity, recipiency), reactividade (reactivity, receptiveness). (various references) sensibilitate (delicacy, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity, tenderness). (various references) saosećajnost (tenderness), odgovaranje (discouragement, dissuasion, respond). (various references) responsabilidad (accountability, amenability, charge, liabilities, liability, responsibility, trust), receptividad (receptiveness, receptivity), reactividad (reactivity, receptiveness), sensibilidad (amenability, esthesia, esthesis, perception, resolution, response, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivities, sensitivity, sensitivity of a measuring assembly, sentiment, touchiness), interés (account, i, interest, liveliness, notice, point, readability). (various references) heveslilik. (various references) чутливість (feeling, hokum, impressionability, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity, soreness, susceptibility, tenderness), одержання у відповідь. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "responsiveness": responsivenesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "responsiveness": irresponsiveness, unresponsiveness. (additional references) | |
Words containing "responsiveness": irresponsivenesses, unresponsivenesses. (additional references) | |
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"Responsiveness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: reponsiveness, responiveness. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "responsiveness" (pronounced ruspÄ"nsivnus) |
| 7 | -n s i v n u s | defensiveness. |
| 6 | -s i v n u s | aggressiveness, cohesiveness, decisiveness, divisiveness, elusiveness, inclusiveness, indecisiveness, intrusiveness, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, possessiveness. |
| 5 | -i v n u s | assertiveness, attentiveness, attractiveness, combativeness, competitiveness, creativeness, destructiveness, distinctiveness, effectiveness, ineffectiveness, inventiveness, restiveness, restrictiveness, secretiveness, sensitiveness, suggestiveness, vindictiveness. |
| 4 | -v n u s | forgiveness, resistiveness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, astuteness, asynchronous, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, coldness, Colonus, compactness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, correctness, coziness, craziness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, directness, disingenuousness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, indebtedness, indigenous, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, niggardliness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resourcefulness, restlessness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, selfishness, selflessness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vividness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-i-n-n-o-p-r-s-s-s-s-v" | |
-3 letters: erosiveness, invernesses, nervinesses, pensiveness, pronenesses, prosinesses. | |
-4 letters: ironnesses, nosinesses, opennesses, pensioners, possessive, responsive, ripenesses, ropinesses, rosinesses, sorenesses. | |
-5 letters: espressos, eversions, inverness, isoprenes, neoprenes, nerviness, onenesses, overspins, pensioner, pensiones, proneness, prosiness, repossess, responses. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-i-n-n-o-p-r-s-s-s-s-v" | |
+2 letters: irresponsiveness, responsivenesses, unresponsiveness. | |
+4 letters: irresponsivenesses, unresponsivenesses. | |
+5 letters: comprehensivenesses, introspectivenesses. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 73 70 6F 6E 73 69 76 65 6E 65 73 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . ... .--. --- -. ... .. ...- . -. . ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01110011 01110000 01101111 01101110 01110011 01101001 01110110 01100101 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e s p o n s i v e n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0073 0070 006F 006E 0073 0069 0076 0065 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5271858281808575887180718585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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