RESPONSIVE


Meaning of RESPONSIVE in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

highly

According to Keynesians, the speculative demand for money is highly responsive to changes in interest rates.

The rate of return on short-term Treasury bills is highly responsive to inflation.

Procreating patterns, in other words, were highly responsive to material factors.

less

Malnourished anorexic patients are more prone to side-effects and less responsive to medication than are other patients with depression.

But she was less and less responsive to him.

Among the discoveries made in psychoneuroimmunology is that stressful events can make the immune cells far less responsive to infection.

So the tissues that should respond to insulin are less responsive .

Some become more responsive with increasing speed, others less responsive.

more

For these reasons, the Conservatives are a little more responsive to widespread expressions of serious doubt on their own backbenches.

Parents have an easier time adapting to premature infants who are more responsive .

The aim would be to produce clearer majorities and more responsive governments.

Objectors say the Conservators must be brought to heel and made more responsive to public opinion.

most

Young marrieds represent one of the most responsive groups in Britain today, as is witnessed by the popularity of family services.

At that point she suddenly realized that she had the most perfect, most gorgeous, most responsive baby in the world.

So far, local companies have been the most responsive .

Infants are most responsive to other human voices.

very

Our inner critic starts to become very responsive .

The uterus is very responsive to bass tones.

You usually find shareware authors are very responsive to suggestions and ideas.

I was very responsive to any problem they had, any question.

The first set of sales figures suggests that consumers are very responsive to this idea of fair trade.

Many commented on how very responsive the inexperienced subordinates were.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Her condition is usually responsive to drug therapy.

She's a very responsive baby.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

How responsive is it to changes in aggregate demand?

In a region where infant mortality is high, the argument struck a responsive chord.

In comparison, Roman law had shown itself flexible and responsive to the interests of creditors.

Is the under-structure of government actors always responsive to the will and values of the elite?

Let them see that you are a communicative and responsive leader who listens to what they have to say.

The business community recognises that those enterprises deemed to be successful are those which are responsive to market changes.

The medicine-cabinet market also has been responsive to changing lifestyles and consumer demands.

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