Responsive

//ɹɪˈspɑn.sɪv// adj

adj ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Answering, replying or responding
  2. 2
    Able to receive and respond to external stimuli.
  3. 3
    Using antiphons; antiphonal.
  4. 4
    Susceptible to the feelings of others.
  5. 5
    Automatically resizing and repositioning elements to fit the available space.

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

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  1. 6
    Suited to something else; correspondent. obsolete

    "The vocal lay responsive to the strings."

  2. 7
    Responsible. obsolete

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

Adjective
  1. 1
    readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion wordnet
  2. 2
    reacting to a stimulus wordnet
  3. 3
    containing or using responses; alternating wordnet

Synonyms

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answeringsensitiveaccessibleacquiescentadaptableadaptive

Example

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"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."

Etymology

From Middle French responsif, from Late Latin responsivus.

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