receptivePronunciation: /rɪˈsɛptɪv/Translate receptive | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of receptive adjective willing to consider or accept new suggestions and ideas:a receptive audience the institution was receptive to new ideas able to receive signals or stimuli: the goldfish’s vision is receptive to a wider band of light than almost any other animal (of a female animal) ready to mate: only the dominant male would have had access to the receptive femaleDerivatives receptively adverb receptiveness noun receptivityPronunciation: /riːsɛpˈtɪvɪti/ noun receptive in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of receptive in the US English dictionary
