receptive

6 definitions • 9 examples

willing to listen to and accept new ideas and suggestions:

receptive to The government is not receptive to the idea of a Freedom of Information Act.

relating to the ability to understand language, rather than produce it:

a test of receptive language

relating to a living organ that can receive and react to signals about changes, such as sound, light, touch, or temperature:

receptive field All retinal ganglion cells have a region called the receptive field, where light causes a change in the number of impulses.

Sensorimotor systems are present at birth, and receptive to signals from the environment.

If a female animal or plant is receptive, it is ready to mate with (= have sex with or receive pollen from) a male:

receptive to Oestrus is the time when a female animal is fertile and receptive to the male.

Female flowers are receptive to pollen within hours of the plant starting to bloom, but they don't stay receptive for long.

If a person is receptive to medical treatment, the treatment is effective:

Patients who were receptive to the drug had a survival curve stretching beyond six years.

At first, it appeared the tumour would be receptive to treatment.

willing to listen to and accept new ideas and suggestions:

I think you’re more receptive to new ideas when you’re younger.