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noun
The quality or state of being responsive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The ability of a machine to adjust to external influences.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the quality of being responsive; reacting quickly; as a quality of people, it involves responding with emotion to people and events
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unresponsiveness
Broader terms: quality
noun
responsive to stimulation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: reactivity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sensitivity, sensitiveness, sensibility
Narrower terms: excitability, irritability
History
Etymology tree English responsive Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English responsiveness From responsive + -ness.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
