"receptive" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɹɪˈsɛptɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɹəˈsɛptɪv/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-receptive.wav Forms: more receptive [comparative], most receptive [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛptɪv Etymology: From Late Middle English receptive, receptyue (“capable of receiving something; acting as a receptacle”), borrowed from Medieval Latin receptivus (“capable of receiving something”), from Latin receptus (“retaken, having been retaken; received, having been received”) + -īvus (suffix added to the perfect passive participial stems of verbs, forming a deverbal adjective meaning ‘doing; related to doing’). Receptus is the perfect passive participle of recipiō (“to regain possession, take back; to recapture; to receive; to accept, undertake”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘back, backwards; again’) + capiō (“to capture, catch, take; to take hold, take possession; to take on; to contain, hold; to occupy; to possess; to receive, take in; to comprehend, understand; to captivate, charm”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-, *keh₂p- (“to hold; to seize”)). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{inh|en|enm|receptive}} Middle English receptive, {{der|en|ML.|receptivus|t=capable of receiving something}} Medieval Latin receptivus (“capable of receiving something”), {{der|en|la|receptus|t=retaken, having been retaken; received, having been received}} Latin receptus (“retaken, having been retaken; received, having been received”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|passive}} passive, {{glossary|participial}} participial, {{glossary|stem}} stem, {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{glossary|deverbal}} deverbal, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{der|en|ine-pro|*kap-}} Proto-Indo-European *kap- Head templates: {{en-adj}} receptive (comparative more receptive, superlative most receptive)
  1. Capable of receiving something. Translations (capable of receiving something): πᾰθητῐκός (pathētikós) (Ancient Greek), ընդունակ (əndunak) (Armenian), receptiu (Catalan), modtagelig (Danish), akceptema (Esperanto), rezeptiv (German), empfangsbereit (German), παθητικός (pathitikós) (Greek), befogadó (Hungarian), gabhálach (Irish), glacach (Irish), recettibile (Italian), ricettivo (Italian), қабылдағыш (qabyldağyş) (Kazakh), рецептивен (receptiven) (Macedonian), mauminamina (Maori), نیوشا (niyušâ) (Persian), chłonny (Polish), receptivo [Brazil] (Portuguese), recetivo [Portugal] (Portuguese), recetível [Portugal] (Portuguese), receptível [Brazil] (Portuguese), receptiv [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), primitor [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), восприимчивый (vospriimčivyj) (Russian), ре̏цептӣван [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), пријѐмчив [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), rȅceptīvan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), prijèmčiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), receptivo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-receptive-en-adj-DBjlLCk- Disambiguation of 'capable of receiving something': 94 3 1 1 2
  2. Ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas. Synonyms: acceptive, susceptive Translations (ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas): سَمَّاع (sammāʕ) [derogatory, often] (Arabic), възприемчив (vǎzpriemčiv) (Bulgarian), receptiu (Catalan), modtagelig (Danish), ontvankelijk (Dutch), vatbaar (Dutch), akceptema (Esperanto), avoin (Finnish), myötätuntoinen (Finnish), taipuvainen (Finnish), vastaanottavainen (Finnish), vastaanottokykyinen (Finnish), réceptif (French), aufnahmefähig (German), empfänglich (German), gabhálach (Irish), қабылдағыш (qabyldağyş) (Kazakh), susceptīvus (Latin), mauminamina (Maori), mauritū (Maori), mottakelig (Norwegian Bokmål), næm (Norwegian Nynorsk), receptivo [Brazil] (Portuguese), recetivo [Portugal] (Portuguese), recetível [Portugal] (Portuguese), receptível [Brazil] (Portuguese), aberto (Portuguese), receptivo (Spanish), öppen (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-receptive-en-adj-q9ZxV-QM Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 14 32 34 15 Disambiguation of 'ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas': 2 83 10 2 2
  3. (botany) Of a female flower or gynoecium: ready for reproduction; fertile. Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-receptive-en-adj-TMDCO6Si Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 14 32 34 15 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  4. (neurology, psychology) Of, affecting, or pertaining to the understanding of language rather than its expression. Categories (topical): Neurology, Psychology
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  5. (zoology) Of a female animal (especially a mammal): prepared to mate; in heat, in oestrus. Categories (topical): Zoology Synonyms: oestrual Translations (of a female animal: prepared to mate — see also in heat): разгонена (razgonena) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-receptive-en-adj-hqUdPlje Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 14 32 34 15 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology Disambiguation of 'of a female animal: prepared to mate — see also in heat': 1 2 33 2 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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      },
      "expansion": "participial",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stem"
      },
      "expansion": "stem",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "verb",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "deverbal"
      },
      "expansion": "deverbal",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "adjective",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "prefix",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kap-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kap-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Late Middle English receptive, receptyue (“capable of receiving something; acting as a receptacle”), borrowed from Medieval Latin receptivus (“capable of receiving something”), from Latin receptus (“retaken, having been retaken; received, having been received”) + -īvus (suffix added to the perfect passive participial stems of verbs, forming a deverbal adjective meaning ‘doing; related to doing’). Receptus is the perfect passive participle of recipiō (“to regain possession, take back; to recapture; to receive; to accept, undertake”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘back, backwards; again’) + capiō (“to capture, catch, take; to take hold, take possession; to take on; to contain, hold; to occupy; to possess; to receive, take in; to comprehend, understand; to captivate, charm”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-, *keh₂p- (“to hold; to seize”)).",
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    {
      "form": "more receptive",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most receptive",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "receptive (comparative more receptive, superlative most receptive)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "re‧cept‧ive"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "word": "receipt"
    },
    {
      "word": "receive"
    },
    {
      "word": "receiver"
    },
    {
      "word": "receivership"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "receiving"
    },
    {
      "word": "recept"
    },
    {
      "word": "receptable"
    },
    {
      "word": "receptacle"
    },
    {
      "word": "receptacular"
    },
    {
      "word": "receptaculum"
    },
    {
      "word": "receptance"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "receptant"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "receptary"
    },
    {
      "word": "receptibility"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "receptible"
    },
    {
      "word": "reception"
    },
    {
      "word": "receptionism"
    },
    {
      "word": "receptionist"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "receptitious"
    },
    {
      "word": "receptor"
    },
    {
      "word": "receptoral"
    },
    {
      "word": "receptory"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "receptually"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "receptual"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "irreceptive"
        },
        {
          "word": "nonreceptive"
        },
        {
          "word": "unreceptive"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Capable of receiving something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Capable",
          "capable"
        ],
        [
          "receiving",
          "receive"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "unreceptive"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Ready",
          "ready"
        ],
        [
          "new",
          "new#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "concept",
          "concept"
        ],
        [
          "idea",
          "idea"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "acceptive"
        },
        {
          "word": "susceptive"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Botany"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a female flower or gynoecium: ready for reproduction; fertile."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "female",
          "female#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "flower",
          "flower#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "gynoecium",
          "gynoecium"
        ],
        [
          "reproduction",
          "reproduction"
        ],
        [
          "fertile",
          "fertile"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) Of a female flower or gynoecium: ready for reproduction; fertile."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "expressive"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "en:Neurology",
        "en:Psychology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of, affecting, or pertaining to the understanding of language rather than its expression."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "neurology",
          "neurology"
        ],
        [
          "psychology",
          "psychology"
        ],
        [
          "understanding",
          "understanding#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ],
        [
          "expression",
          "expression"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(neurology, psychology) Of, affecting, or pertaining to the understanding of language rather than its expression."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "medicine",
        "neurology",
        "neuroscience",
        "psychology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Zoology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a female animal (especially a mammal): prepared to mate; in heat, in oestrus."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "zoology",
          "zoology"
        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ],
        [
          "mammal",
          "mammal"
        ],
        [
          "prepare",
          "prepare"
        ],
        [
          "mate",
          "mate#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "in heat",
          "in heat"
        ],
        [
          "oestrus",
          "oestrus"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(zoology) Of a female animal (especially a mammal): prepared to mate; in heat, in oestrus."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "oestrual"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "zoology"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈsɛptɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹəˈsɛptɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛptɪv"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "əndunak",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "word": "ընդունակ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "word": "receptiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "word": "modtagelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "word": "akceptema"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "word": "rezeptiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "word": "empfangsbereit"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pathitikós",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "word": "παθητικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pathētikós",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "word": "πᾰθητῐκός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "word": "befogadó"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "word": "gabhálach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "word": "glacach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "word": "recettibile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "word": "ricettivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qabyldağyş",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "word": "қабылдағыш"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "receptiven",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "word": "рецептивен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "word": "mauminamina"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "niyušâ",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "word": "نیوشا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "word": "chłonny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ],
      "word": "receptivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ],
      "word": "recetivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ],
      "word": "recetível"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ],
      "word": "receptível"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "receptiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "primitor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vospriimčivyj",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "word": "восприимчивый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ре̏цептӣван"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "пријѐмчив"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "rȅceptīvan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "prijèmčiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "capable of receiving something",
      "word": "receptivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sammāʕ",
      "sense": "ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas",
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "often"
      ],
      "word": "سَمَّاع"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎzpriemčiv",
      "sense": "ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas",
      "word": "възприемчив"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas",
      "word": "receptiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas",
      "word": "modtagelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas",
      "word": "ontvankelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas",
      "word": "vatbaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas",
      "word": "akceptema"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas",
      "word": "avoin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas",
      "word": "myötätuntoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas",
      "word": "taipuvainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas",
      "word": "vastaanottavainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas",
      "word": "vastaanottokykyinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas",
      "word": "réceptif"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas",
      "word": "aufnahmefähig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas",
      "word": "empfänglich"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas",
      "word": "gabhálach"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qabyldağyş",
      "sense": "ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas",
      "word": "қабылдағыш"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas",
      "word": "susceptīvus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas",
      "word": "mauminamina"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas",
      "word": "mauritū"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas",
      "word": "mottakelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas",
      "word": "næm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ],
      "word": "receptivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ],
      "word": "recetivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ],
      "word": "recetível"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ],
      "word": "receptível"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas",
      "word": "aberto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas",
      "word": "receptivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas",
      "word": "öppen"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razgonena",
      "sense": "of a female animal: prepared to mate — see also in heat",
      "word": "разгонена"
    }
  ],
  "word": "receptive"
}

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