"responsive" meaning in English

See responsive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɹɪˈspɒn.sɪv/ [UK], /ɹɪˈspɑn.sɪv/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-responsive.wav Forms: more responsive [comparative], most responsive [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French responsif, from Late Latin responsivus. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|responsif}} Middle French responsif, {{der|en|LL.|responsivus}} Late Latin responsivus Head templates: {{en-adj}} responsive (comparative more responsive, superlative most responsive)
  1. answering, replying or responding Translations (answering, replying or responding): отговарящ (otgovarjašt) (Bulgarian), reagoiva (Finnish), αποκριτικός (apokritikós) (Greek), reagáló (Hungarian), válaszoló (Hungarian), felelő (Hungarian), reagál (Hungarian), odpowiadający [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-responsive-en-adj-CDwt6mXf Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 12 29 15 12 25 4 2 Disambiguation of 'answering, replying or responding': 82 8 3 2 2 1 1
  2. able to receive and respond to external stimuli Translations (able to receive and respond to external stimuli): reagoiva (Finnish), sensible (French), ansprechbar (German), fogékony (Hungarian), együttműködő (Hungarian), készséges (Hungarian), érzékeny (Hungarian), rugalmas (Hungarian), sensibile (Italian), sensível (Portuguese), sensibil [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), simțitor [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), răspundent [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), sensible (Spanish), responsiv (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-responsive-en-adj-Jtw7aFmo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 36 21 12 16 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 12 30 17 9 10 2 1 3 1 10 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 13 26 16 12 13 10 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 26 16 12 13 10 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 29 20 14 11 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 29 18 14 12 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 12 29 15 12 25 4 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 10 25 12 13 24 9 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 15 33 20 15 12 4 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 14 25 16 13 13 11 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 12 24 15 16 14 11 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 13 26 16 12 13 10 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 33 22 12 12 4 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 13 26 16 13 13 10 9 Disambiguation of 'able to receive and respond to external stimuli': 5 80 5 3 4 1 3
  3. using antiphons; antiphonal
    Sense id: en-responsive-en-adj-VUmdoefU Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 12 29 15 12 25 4 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 10 25 12 13 24 9 7
  4. susceptible to the feelings of others Translations (susceptible to the feelings of others): отзивчив (otzivčiv) (Bulgarian), чувствителен (čuvstvitelen) (Bulgarian), herkkä (Finnish), odafigyelő (Hungarian), empatikus (Hungarian), empático (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-responsive-en-adj-nnE3vblK Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 12 29 15 12 25 4 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 10 25 12 13 24 9 7 Disambiguation of 'susceptible to the feelings of others': 2 4 3 87 2 1 1
  5. (graphical user interface) automatically resizing and repositioning elements to fit the available space Categories (topical): Graphical user interface
    Sense id: en-responsive-en-adj-HfJA~6Wy Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 12 29 15 12 25 4 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 10 25 12 13 24 9 7 Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  6. (obsolete) suited to something else; correspondent Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-responsive-en-adj-WFRLJuUD
  7. (obsolete) responsible Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-responsive-en-adj-yRlfCUaJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Alternative forms

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      "word": "hyporesponsive"
    },
    {
      "word": "immunoresponsive"
    },
    {
      "word": "irresponsive"
    },
    {
      "word": "isoresponsive"
    },
    {
      "word": "magnetoresponsive"
    },
    {
      "word": "mechanoresponsive"
    },
    {
      "word": "normoresponsive"
    },
    {
      "word": "osmoresponsive"
    },
    {
      "word": "overresponsive"
    },
    {
      "word": "photoresponsive"
    },
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      "word": "responsively"
    },
    {
      "word": "responsiveness"
    },
    {
      "word": "responsive web design"
    },
    {
      "word": "responsorial"
    },
    {
      "word": "seroresponsive"
    },
    {
      "word": "thermoresponsive"
    },
    {
      "word": "underresponsive"
    },
    {
      "word": "vasoresponsive"
    }
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      "form": "more responsive",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "most responsive",
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      ]
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        "able to receive and respond to external stimuli"
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      ],
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          "feeling",
          "feeling"
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      ]
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
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      ],
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        "(graphical user interface) automatically resizing and repositioning elements to fit the available space"
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        "graphical-user-interface",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
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      "categories": [
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        "suited to something else; correspondent"
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        "(obsolete) suited to something else; correspondent"
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        "(obsolete) responsible"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otgovarjašt",
      "sense": "answering, replying or responding",
      "word": "отговарящ"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "answering, replying or responding",
      "word": "reagoiva"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "answering, replying or responding",
      "word": "αποκριτικός"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "answering, replying or responding",
      "word": "reagáló"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "answering, replying or responding",
      "word": "válaszoló"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "answering, replying or responding",
      "word": "felelő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "answering, replying or responding",
      "word": "reagál"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "answering, replying or responding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "odpowiadający"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "able to receive and respond to external stimuli",
      "word": "reagoiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "able to receive and respond to external stimuli",
      "word": "sensible"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "able to receive and respond to external stimuli",
      "word": "ansprechbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "able to receive and respond to external stimuli",
      "word": "fogékony"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "able to receive and respond to external stimuli",
      "word": "együttműködő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "able to receive and respond to external stimuli",
      "word": "készséges"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "able to receive and respond to external stimuli",
      "word": "érzékeny"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "able to receive and respond to external stimuli",
      "word": "rugalmas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "able to receive and respond to external stimuli",
      "word": "sensibile"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "able to receive and respond to external stimuli",
      "word": "sensível"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "able to receive and respond to external stimuli",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sensibil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "able to receive and respond to external stimuli",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "simțitor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "able to receive and respond to external stimuli",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "răspundent"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "able to receive and respond to external stimuli",
      "word": "sensible"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "able to receive and respond to external stimuli",
      "word": "responsiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otzivčiv",
      "sense": "susceptible to the feelings of others",
      "word": "отзивчив"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čuvstvitelen",
      "sense": "susceptible to the feelings of others",
      "word": "чувствителен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "susceptible to the feelings of others",
      "word": "herkkä"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "susceptible to the feelings of others",
      "word": "odafigyelő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "susceptible to the feelings of others",
      "word": "empatikus"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "susceptible to the feelings of others",
      "word": "empático"
    }
  ],
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}

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