responsive

English

Etymology

From Middle French responsif, from Late Latin responsivus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈspɒnsɪv/

Adjective

responsive (comparative more responsive, superlative most responsive)

1. answering, replying or responding
2. able to receive and respond to external stimuli
3. using antiphons; antiphonal
4. susceptible to the feelings of others
5. (graphical user interface) automatically resizing and repositioning elements to fit the available space
6. (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.

7. (obsolete) responsible

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Antonyms

• nonresponsive
• unresponsive

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

• Finnish: reagoiva (fi)
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• Hungarian: reagáló, válaszoló (hu), felelő, reagál (hu)
• Polish: odpowiadający m

able to receive and respond to external stimuli

• Finnish: reagoiva (fi)
• French: sensible (fr)
• German: ansprechbar (de)
• Hungarian: fogékony (hu), együttműködő, készséges (hu), érzékeny (hu), rugalmas (hu)
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• Italian: sensibile (it)
• Portuguese: sensível (pt)
• Romanian: sensibil (ro) m or n, simțitor (ro) m or n, răspundent m or n
• Spanish: sensible (es)
• Swedish: responsiv

using antiphons; antiphonal

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susceptible to the feelings of others

• Finnish: herkkä (fi)
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• Hungarian: odafigyelő, empatikus
• Spanish: empático m

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛs.pɔ̃.siv/
• Homophone: responsives

Adjective

responsive

1. feminine singular of responsif

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German

Adjective

responsive

1. inflection of responsiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

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Italian

Adjective

responsive

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine plural of adjective responsivo.

Anagrams

• provenisse