What is the meaning of receptive?

adjective

  • Open to arguments, ideas, or change.
    • usage: "receptive to reason and the logic of facts"
  • Ready or willing to receive favorably.
    • usage: "receptive to the proposals"
  • Of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system.
    • usage: "sensory neurons"
  • Able to absorb liquid (not repellent. )
    • usage: "the paper is ink-receptive"
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APAWordNet. (2010). receptive. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/receptive/definitions/1181990
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