SENSITIVE

Meaning of SENSITIVE in English

adj.

Function: noun

Date: 1838

1 : a person having occult or psychical abilities

2 : a sensitive person

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

SENSITIVE — I. ˈsen(t)səd.iv, -n(t)s(ə)tiv also -n(t)stəv adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French sensitif, from Medieval Latin sensitivus, of sensation, receiving …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SENSITIVE — (a.) Of or pertaining to sensation; depending on sensation; as, sensitive motions; sensitive muscular motions excited by irritation.
Английский словарь Webster
SENSITIVE — (a.) Having a capacity of being easily affected or moved; as, a sensitive thermometer; sensitive scales.
Английский словарь Webster
SENSITIVE — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to sensation; depending on sensation; as, sensitive motions; sensitive muscular motions excited by irritation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SENSITIVE — ( a. ) Having a capacity of being easily affected or moved; as, a sensitive thermometer; sensitive scales.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SENSITIVE — — sensitively , adv. /sen"si tiv/ , adj. 1. endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses. 2. readily or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SENSITIVE — I. ˈsen(t)-sə-tiv, ˈsen(t)s-təv adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin sensitivus, probably alteration of sensativus, from sensatus sensate …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SENSITIVE — adj serving to affect the sense; sensible. 2. sensitive ·adj having a capacity of being easily affected or moved; as, …
Webster English vocab
SENSITIVE — sensitive BrE AmE ˈsen t s ət ɪv -ɪt- AmE \ -ət̬ ɪv ▷ sensitive|ly li ▷ sensitive|ness nəs nɪs …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SENSITIVE — / ˈsensətɪv; NAmE / adjective TO PEOPLE'S FEELINGS 1. sensitive (to sth) aware of and able to understand other people …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SENSITIVE — sen ‧ si ‧ tive S3 W3 /ˈsensətɪv, ˈsensɪtɪv/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ sensible , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SENSITIVE — adj. & n. adj. 1 (often foll. by to) very open to or acutely affected by external stimuli or mental …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SENSITIVE — adj. & n. --adj. 1. (often foll. by to) very open to or acutely affected by external stimuli or mental …
Oxford English vocab
SENSITIVE — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you are sensitive to other …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SENSITIVE — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a controversial/sensitive issue (= an issue that causes strong feelings and arguments ) ▪ Abortion …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SENSITIVE — (REACTING EASILY) [adjective] - easily influenced, changed or damaged, esp. by a physical activity or effectSome people's teeth are highly …
Cambridge English vocab
SENSITIVE — adj. 25B6; adjective she's sensitive to changes in temperature : RESPONSIVE TO, reactive to, sentient of, sensitized to; aware of, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SENSITIVE — adj. 1 delicate, tender, sore, susceptible My arm is still sensitive where I got the injection 2 touchy, susceptible, susceptive, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SENSITIVE — прил. 1) а) чувствительный sensitive ear sensitive market sensitive paper sensitive plant б) очень нежный; легко раздражающийся a sensitive skin …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SENSITIVE — sensitive.ogg 1. ʹsensıtıv n 1. 1> телепат; человек, обладающий внечувственным восприятием 2> медиум 2. острочувствующий, ранимый человек 2. ʹsensıtıv a …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SENSITIVE — 1) восприимчивый 2) физ. негрубое 3) светочувствительный 4) сенситивный 5) чувствительный 6) чуткий • - highly sensitive - sensitive altimeter - sensitive film - sensitive oscillation - sensitive period - sensitive volume
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SENSITIVE — sensitive прил.1) а) чувствительный; сенсорный highly sensitive — высокочувствительный sensitive film — светочувствительная пленка Syn:sensory б) очень нежный; легко раздражимый …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SENSITIVE — 1. ʹsensıtıv n 1. 1> телепат; человек, обладающий внечувственным восприятием 2> медиум 2. острочувствующий, ранимый человек 2. ʹsensıtıv a 1. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SENSITIVE — 1. прил. 1) а) чувствительный; сенсорный highly sensitive — высокочувствительный sensitive film — светочувствительная пленка Syn: sensory б) очень нежный; …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SENSITIVE — 1. прил. 1) а) чувствительный; сенсорный highly sensitive — высокочувствительный sensitive film — светочувствительная пленка Syn: sensory б) очень нежный; легко раздражимый a sensitive skin — нежная кожа Syn: irritable 2) а) …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SENSITIVE — _a. 1> чувствительный; восприимчивый - sensitive ear - sensitive market - sensitive paper - sensitive plant 2> очень нежный, легко …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SENSITIVE — a. 1. чувствительный; восприимчивый - sensitive ear - sensitive market - sensitive paper - sensitive plant 2. очень нежный, легко …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SENSITIVE — _a. 1> чувствительный; восприимчивый; a sensitive ear (болезненно) тонкий слух; sensitive market _эк. неустойчивый рынок; sensitive paper светочувствительная бумага; sensitive …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
SENSITIVE — чувствительный - sensitive leading marks - sensitive syntonic - sensitive tube
Англо-Русский морской словарь
SENSITIVE — конкурирующий ; чувствительный к (иностранной) конкуренции ; ~ sensitive goods ; ~ sensitive imports ; ~ sensitive list ; ~ …
Англо-Русский Деловой словарь
SENSITIVE — прил. 1) а) чувствительный sensitive ear sensitive market sensitive paper sensitive plant б) очень нежный; легко раздражающийся a sensitive skin …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SENSITIVE — adj sensitive, sensory
Interlingua English vocab
SENSITIVE — sensitiv (-itá), sensibil, impressibil
English interlingue dictionary
SENSITIVE — dali makabati
English-Visayan vocabulary
SENSITIVE — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin sensitivus, probably alteration of sensativus, from sensatus sensate Date: 15th …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SENSITIVE — (a.) Serving to affect the sense; sensible.
Английский словарь Webster
SENSITIVE — (a.) Readily affected or changed by certain appropriate agents; as, silver chloride or bromide, when in contact with certain organic …
Английский словарь Webster
SENSITIVE — (a.) Having quick and acute sensibility, either to the action of external objects, or to impressions upon the mind and …
Английский словарь Webster
SENSITIVE — (a.) Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.
Английский словарь Webster
SENSITIVE — ( a. ) Serving to affect the sense; sensible.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SENSITIVE — ( a. ) Readily affected or changed by certain appropriate agents; as, silver chloride or bromide, when in contact with …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SENSITIVE — ( a. ) Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SENSITIVE — ( a. ) Having quick and acute sensibility, either to the action of external objects, or to impressions upon the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SENSITIVE — adj. able to perceive sensation, having the capacity for feeling; susceptible to external influences or agents; responsive, reactive; delicate, requiring …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SENSITIVE — adj. Pronunciation: ' sen(t)-s ə -tiv, ' sen(t)s-t ə v Function: adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SENSITIVE — ■ adjective 1》 quick to detect, respond to, or be affected by slight changes, signals, or influences. ↘(of photographic materials) …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SENSITIVE — [sen.si.tive] adj [ME, fr. MF sensitif, fr. ML sensitivus, prob. alter. of sensativus, fr. sensatus sensate] (15c) 1: sensory 2. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SENSITIVE — adj. & n. --adj. 1 (often foll. by to) very open to or acutely affected by external stimuli or mental …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SENSITIVE — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you are ~ to other …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SENSITIVE — Synonyms and related words : accurate, acute, adaptable, affected, agitable, algetic, allergic, anaphylactic, angry, appreciative, attuned, aware, bendable, bending, burning, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SENSITIVE — adj. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: SENTIENT 3, impressible, impressionable, responsive, sensible, sensile, susceptible, susceptive Related Words: hypersensitive, supersensitive Contrasted Words: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SENSITIVE — a. 1. Sentient, perceptive. 2. Impressible, easily affected.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
SENSITIVE — adjective 1. Synonyms: sentient 3, impressible, impressionable, responsive, sensible, sensile, susceptible, susceptive Related Word: hypersensitive, supersensitive Contrasted words: impervious, insensible, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SENSITIVE — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SENSITIVE — adj. 1 aware of other people's feelings VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ▪ make sb ▪ Her experiences had made …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SENSITIVE — See ↑ DIFFICULT 5, ↑ OFFEND 3, ↑ SECRET 1, ↑ UPSET 5 ◆◆◆ • ↑ oversensitive/overly sensitive
Longman Activator English vocab
SENSITIVE — adj. ~ to (~ to charges of corruption; ~ to criticism)
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
SENSITIVE — Requiring special protection from disclosure that could cause embarrassment, compromise, or threat to the security of the sponsoring power. May …
DOD English Dictionary of Military Terms
SENSITIVE — (Environment) see environmentally
Английский разговорный словарь - Новые слова
SENSITIVE — Чувствительный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SENSITIVE — (a) чувствительный; чувствительный к иностранной конкуренции
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SENSITIVE — 1. [ʹsensıtıv] n 1. 1) телепат; человек, обладающий внечувственным восприятием 2) медиум 2. острочувствующий, ранимый человек 2. [ʹsensıtıv] a 1. …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SENSITIVE — adj. чувствительный, очень нежный, обидчивый; впечатлительный, восприимчивый; чуткий; легко поддающийся раздражению; точный, прецизионный; деликатный, щекотливый
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SENSITIVE — adj. чувствительный, очень нежный, обидчивый; впечатлительный, восприимчивый; чуткий; легко поддающийся раздражению; точный, прецизионный; деликатный, щекотливый
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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