responsive

English

Etymology

From Middle French responsif, from Late Latin responsivus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈspɒn.sɪv/

  • Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈspɑn.sɪv/

Adjective

responsive (comparative more responsive, superlative most responsive)

1. answering, replying or responding
2. able to receive and respond to external stimuli
3. using antiphons; antiphonal
4. susceptible to the feelings of others
5. (graphical user interface) automatically resizing and repositioning elements to fit the available space
   • 2012, Dino Esposito, Architecting Mobile Solutions for the Enterprise:

     Now, let's briefly explore two different approaches for creating sites for a multiple audience: multiserving and responsive design.

6. (obsolete) suited to something else; correspondent
   • 1725, Homer, “Book VIII”, in [William Broome], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume II, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:

     The vocal lay responsive to the strings.

7. (obsolete) responsible
   • 1642, Jeremy Taylor, The Sacred Order and Offices of Episcopacy or Episcopacy Asserted against the Arians and Acephali New and Old:

     he [the bishop] must be responsive for all his diocese

Antonyms

• nonresponsive
• unresponsive

Derived terms

• alloresponsive
• bioresponsive
• chemoresponsive
• corresponsive
• electroresponsive
• hyperresponsive
• hyporesponsive
• immunoresponsive
• irresponsive
• isoresponsive
• magnetoresponsive
• mechanoresponsive
• normoresponsive
• osmoresponsive
• overresponsive
• photoresponsive
• responsively
• responsiveness
• responsorial
• seroresponsive
• thermoresponsive
• underresponsive
• vasoresponsive

 

Translations

answering, replying or responding

• Bulgarian: отговарящ (bg) (otgovarjašt)
• Finnish: reagoiva (fi)
• Greek: αποκριτικός (el) (apokritikós)
• Hungarian: reagáló (hu), válaszoló (hu), felelő (hu), reagál (hu)
• Polish: odpowiadający m

able to receive and respond to external stimuli

• Finnish: reagoiva (fi)
• French: sensible (fr)
• German: ansprechbar (de)
• Hungarian: fogékony (hu), együttműködő (hu), készséges (hu), érzékeny (hu), rugalmas (hu)
• Italian: sensibile (it)
• Portuguese: sensível (pt)
• Romanian: sensibil (ro) m or n, simțitor (ro) m or n, răspundent m or n
• Spanish: sensible (es)
• Swedish: responsiv

using antiphons; antiphonal

susceptible to the feelings of others

• Bulgarian: отзивчив (bg) (otzivčiv), чувствителен (bg) (čuvstvitelen)
• Finnish: herkkä (fi)
• Hungarian: odafigyelő, empatikus (hu)
• Spanish: empático (es)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛs.pɔ̃.siv/
• Homophone: responsives

Adjective

responsive

1. feminine singular of responsif

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

responsive

1. inflection of responsiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

responsive

1. feminine plural of responsivo

Anagrams

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