Definitions for receptive

receptive re·cep·tive

Spelling: [ri-sep-tiv]
IPA: /rɪˈsɛp tɪv/

Receptive is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 244 anagrams from letters in receptive (ceeeiprtv).

Definitions for receptive

adjective

  1. having the quality of receiving, taking in, or admitting.
  2. able or quick to receive knowledge, ideas, etc.:
  3. willing or inclined to receive suggestions, offers, etc., with favor:
  4. of or relating to reception or receptors:
  5. (in language learning) of or relating to the language skills of listening and reading (opposed to productive).

Origin of receptive

From the Medieval Latin word receptīvus, dating back to 1540-50. See reception, -ive

Examples for receptive

And as luck would have it, a warm and receptive audience showed up that night.

His manner was anything but receptive so far as excuses were concerned.

And online, flattered men and women contacted by these matchmakers are receptive to the concept.

We were always in the most receptive and sympathetic condition.

It wasn't just blank, either; Malone finally pinned it down as receptive.

It remains the receptive petri dish to any and all sorts of colonies of humanity that finally managed to find one another.

How receptive was everyone to the idea of you coming in to teach pie class?

The assembled crowd of about 50 in this Northwest Baltimore retirement castle have been receptive to her pitch.

It is a phase of the life of the school, both in its active and its receptive states.

In this receptive mood the traveller reaches Lund and an automobile.

Word Value for receptive
Scrable

16

Words with friends

19

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