RECEPTIVE


Meaning of RECEPTIVE in English

1.

Someone who is ~ to new ideas or suggestions is prepared to consider them or accept them.

The voters had seemed ~ to his ideas...

ADJ: oft ADJ to n

~ness

There was less ~ness to liberalism in some areas.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

If someone who is ill is ~ to treatment, they start to get better when they are given treatment.

...those patients who are not ~ to treatment.

ADJ: v-link ADJ to n

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