adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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And there are signs the regime is now more receptive .
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If he implements it and things go well, he will be more receptive to employee input in the future.
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We feel they are more receptive to a message with a festive rather than a dramatic content.
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Inevitably, I tried out my new ideas on the people closest at hand: Some were more receptive than others.
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Steaming softens and opens the pores so that the skin is more receptive to other products and ingredients.
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As a result, plant employees became more receptive to policies and programs they might well have otherwise winked at or rejected.
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Similarly, managers and directors appeared to share an equivalent value orientation to the fans and were more receptive to their opinions.
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They have turned instead to states and cities considered more receptive to stronger regulation of handguns.
very
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Not only were they very receptive from a tactical viewpoint, they also kept their cool under pressure.
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He is always very receptive and is willing to share with you, to play out various scenarios.
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I was very receptive to the Bible, authority.
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People seem to be very receptive to the fact that I am a director from Hong Kong.
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And the fans in Scandanavia were very receptive .
■ NOUN
audience
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Indeed, Freemantle not only provided Leapor with a receptive audience for her mature work, but actively promoted it.
field
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The object that it is looking at will be many times larger than a single receptive field .
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It certainly seemed as if their brains got carried away when one type of receptive field was activated.
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That is to say, there is a way of positioning the grating relative to the receptive field centre that results in no response.
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The lower curve shows the light intensity at the centre of the receptive field as a sinusoidal grating drifts across it.
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The centre shows a map of the receptive field of a particular ganglion cell obtained using a stationary spot.
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Under the conditions that usually obtain in receptive field plotting studies one further distinction has been reported.
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What is usually found is cells with massive receptive fields with very non-specific receptive field properties.
mood
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The words and melodies of the hymns used during the day all helped to put me in a receptive mood .
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It is usually reserved for the grand finale, after the singing and preaching have induced a receptive mood .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a receptive audience
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And what a pleasure to speak to such receptive minds!
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Being receptive and responding rapidly even to minor complaints is an indicator that the school cares.
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Few other places on earth would be so receptive to the use of performance measures.
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If anything, they seemed rather receptive to the idea of talking about invasion of the locality by monsters from deep space.
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If he implements it and things go well, he will be more receptive to employee input in the future.
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It is usually reserved for the grand finale, after the singing and preaching have induced a receptive mood.
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The crucial question here is what makes individuals receptive or resistant to racist ideas.