responsive
English
Etymology
From Middle French responsif, from Late Latin responsivus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
responsive (comparative more responsive, superlative most responsive)
- answering, replying or responding
- able to receive and respond to external stimuli
- using antiphons; antiphonal
- susceptible to the feelings of others
- (graphical user interface) automatically resizing and repositioning elements to fit the available space
- (obsolete) suited to something else; correspondent
- (Can we date this quote by Alexander Pope and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- The vocal lay responsive to the strings.
- (Can we date this quote by Alexander Pope and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- (obsolete) responsible
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Jeremy Taylor to this entry?)
Antonyms
Derived terms
- alloresponsive
- bioresponsive
- chemoresponsive
- corresponsive
- electroresponsive
- hyperresponsive
- hyporesponsive
- immunoresponsive
- irresponsive
- isoresponsive
- magnetoresponsive
- mechanoresponsive
- normoresponsive
- osmoresponsive
- overresponsive
- photoresponsive
- responsively
- responsiveness
- responsorial
- seroresponsive
- thermoresponsive
- underresponsive
- vasoresponsive
Translations
answering, replying or responding
able to receive and respond to external stimuli
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using antiphons; antiphonal
susceptible to the feelings of others
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɛs.pɔ̃.siv/
- Homophone: responsives
Adjective
responsive
German
Adjective
responsive
- inflection of responsiv:
Italian
Adjective
responsive
- (deprecated template usage) Feminine plural of adjective responsivo.
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