responsive
adjective/rɪˈspɒnsɪv/
/rɪˈspɑːnsɪv/
- [not usually before noun] responsive (to somebody/something) reacting quickly and in a positive way
- Firms have to be responsive to consumer demand.
- a flu virus that is not responsive to treatment
- The company is highly responsive to changes in demand.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- to
- responsive (to somebody/something) reacting with interest or enthusiasm synonym receptive
- The club is responsive to new ideas.
- a responsive and enthusiastic audience
Extra Examples- What conditions can make governments more responsive to the public?
- culturally responsive classroom management
- (computing) used to describe a website, etc. that changes to suit the kind of device you are using, for example by changing the size of the text or the way that items are arranged on the screen opposite unresponsive
Word Originlate Middle English: from French responsif, -ive or late Latin responsivus, from respons- ‘answered’, from the verb respondere, from re- ‘again’ + spondere ‘to pledge’.
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