receptive

/ri'septiv/

Thân thiện

The sponge is receptive to water.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Willing to consider or accept new ideas, suggestions, or influences: Describes a person, mind, or attitude that is open and responsive to input, feedback, or change.
   • Relating to the reception of stimuli or signals: In physiology and neurology, describes structures, such as nerve endings, that are capable of receiving and responding to stimuli.
   • Capable of absorbing or admitting something: Describes a material or surface that can take in or receive a substance, like a liquid.

Examples of Usage

• General Attitude:
  • She has a very receptive mind and is always eager to learn.
  • The team was receptive to the new strategy proposed by the consultant.
• Physiological Context:
  • The receptive field of a neuron determines which stimuli it responds to.
• Material Property:
  • This fabric is highly receptive to dyes, resulting in vibrant colors.

Advanced Usage

• "to be receptive of/to something": To be open and willing to accept something.
  • The audience was surprisingly receptive to the avant-garde performance.
  • He was receptive of constructive criticism, which helped him improve.

Variants and Related Words

• Receptiveness (n): The quality or state of being receptive.
  • Her receptiveness to new experiences makes her a great traveler.
• Receptivity (n): The ability or readiness to receive, especially impressions or ideas.
  • The study measured the receptivity of students to different teaching methods.
• Receptor (n): A specialized cell or group of nerve endings that responds to sensory stimuli.
  • Olfactory receptors in the nose detect smells.

Synonyms

• Open-minded: Willing to consider new ideas.
• Amenable: Willing to agree or be persuaded.
• Responsive: Reacting quickly and positively.
• Pervious (for materials): Allowing something to pass through; permeable.

Antonyms

• Resistant: Opposed to or withstanding something.
• Unreceptive: Not willing to consider or accept new ideas.
• Closed-minded: Not willing to consider different ideas or opinions.
• Repellent (for materials): Not absorbing; causing a substance to run off.

Related Phrases

• Receptive audience: An audience that is attentive, interested, and open to the message.
  • The speaker was delighted to find a receptive audience for her complex topic.
• Receptive language: In linguistics and development, the ability to understand or comprehend language.
  • A child's receptive language skills (understanding words) often develop faster than expressive skills (speaking).

Học thuật

Adjective

1. able to absorb liquid (not repellent)
   • the paper is ink-receptive
2. of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
   • sensory neurons
3. ready or willing to receive favorably
   • receptive to the proposals
4. open to arguments, ideas, or change
   • receptive to reason and the logic of facts

Từ đồng nghĩa

• centripetal
• sensory
• open