responsive
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4.4
- adjective
- /rɪˈspɒnsɪv/
- Texting
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responsorial
- The customer service representative maintained a responsive dialogue with the client to address all their concerns.
- culturally responsive
- responsive teaching
I 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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9.9
Singing with voices from opposite sides taking turns and answering each other
A look or gesture given back to show you understand
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.