receptive
adjective
re·cep·tive
ri-ˈsep-tiv 
Examples of receptive in a Sentence
I was happy to be speaking before such a receptive audience.
needed a partner who was receptive to new ways of managing the business
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Though the Dodgers and Betts have spent much of the season saying there is no correlation between the position shift and his offensive decline, Betts was more receptive to the idea Friday.
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 20 July 2025
Hoyer is, however, receptive to calling up Caissie in September or if there is an injury to Ian Happ, Crow-Armstrong, Tucker or Suzuki.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
Fans seemed to be receptive to Joyner Lucas’ reply.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 15 July 2025
China has in recent years forged industrial and defense ties with several North African nations, and Egypt has been cautiously receptive to Beijing’s overtures, frustrated with US pullbacks but wary of growing too close to a country that many in the region view as excessively transactional.
—semafor.com, 10 July 2025
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 20 July 2025
Hoyer is, however, receptive to calling up Caissie in September or if there is an injury to Ian Happ, Crow-Armstrong, Tucker or Suzuki.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
Fans seemed to be receptive to Joyner Lucas’ reply.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 15 July 2025
China has in recent years forged industrial and defense ties with several North African nations, and Egypt has been cautiously receptive to Beijing’s overtures, frustrated with US pullbacks but wary of growing too close to a country that many in the region view as excessively transactional.
—semafor.com, 10 July 2025
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receptive
adjective
re·cep·tive
ri-ˈsep-tiv
1
: able or willing to receive especially ideas
2
: able to receive and pass on stimuli
the receptive part of the retina
Medical Definition
receptive
adjective
re·cep·tive
ri-ˈsep-tiv
1
: open and responsive to ideas, impressions, or suggestions
2
a
of a sensory end organ
: fit to receive and transmit stimuli
b
receptiveness
noun
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