receptive
/ɹəˈsɛptɪv/ adjective C1- Capable of receiving something.
- Ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas. · receptive to the idea· The patient was receptive to her treatment.
- Ready for reproduction; fertile.
- Of, affecting, or pertaining to the understanding of language rather than its expression. · receptive fluency· receptive aphasia
- Of a female animal (especially a mammal): prepared to mate; in heat, in oestrus.
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