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responsive

Syllabification: (re·spon·sive)
Pronunciation: /riˈspänsiv/
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Definition of responsive

adjective

  • 1reacting quickly and positively:a flexible service that is responsive to changing social and economic patterns
  • responding readily and with interest or enthusiasm:our most enthusiastic and responsive students
  • 2answering:I’m distracted by a nibble on my line: I jig it several times, but there is no responsive tug
  • (of a section of liturgy) using responses.

Derivatives

responsively

adverb

responsiveness

noun

responsive in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of responsive in the British & World English dictionary
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