responsive
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- adjective
- /rɪˈspɒnsɪv/
- Texting
- The customer service representative maintained a responsive dialogue with the client to address all their concerns.
- culturally responsive
- responsive teaching
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Watch on YouTubeI think what you're saying is sort of responsive to what I'm saying, that that was then, this is now.
- I think what you're saying is sort of responsive to what I'm saying, that that was then, this is now.
- You could have a e-mail list that is responsive, which means you can sell physical products or webinars or consulting.
Examples
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So that tells us that people are responsive to passive kinds of interventions.
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Robots are about to become far more interactive, coupling sensors to actuators in real time, as responsive as living tissue.
Fiction book (2002) -
This tells you how responsive people's demand is to the price they have to pay.
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What Jackson wanted was not a return to the past, but an architecture responsive to the needs of the present.
Academic text (1998) -
But the Libyan state proved responsive to social demands.
Academic text (1996) -
Teachers and students working with each other in pursuit of knowledge is a key ingredient of being culturally responsive.
Academic text (2015) -
Culturally responsive teachers carefully consider the music selections that they use in their class.
Academic text (2015) -
That citizens don't just elect their government, they continue actively engaging with it in a continual responsive learning cycle.
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The teacher encouraged a responsive discussion by inviting all students to share their thoughts.
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During the meeting, the responsive feedback from team members helped to improve the project significantly.
Synonyms
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4.3
Quickly showing a strong response when something affects it
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2.5
A look or gesture given back to show you understand
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9.9
Singing with voices from opposite sides taking turns and answering each other
Antonyms
How Interactive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word responsive comes from the Latin root respond meaning 'to answer'. In a 'responsive' prayer or reading people answer back and forth, so the origin shows why it means an exchange of replies.