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responsive

Syllables: res·pon·sive/ɹɪˈspɒn.sɪv/US/ɹɪˈspɑn.sɪv/

responsive adjective: answering, replying or responding.

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. 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.2012, Dino Esposito, Architecting Mobile Solutions for the Enterprise
  6. (obsolete) Suited to something else; correspondent.
    • The vocal lay responsive to the strings.1725, Homer, “Book VIII”, in [William Broome], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume II, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC
  7. (obsolete) Responsible.
    • he [the bishop] must be responsive for all his diocese1642, Jeremy Taylor, The Sacred Order and Offices of Episcopacy or Episcopacy Asserted against the Arians and Acephali New and Old

responsive meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam and Kannada

responsive in Tamil

ஏற்புத்தன்மை

responsive in Marathi

प्रतिसादात्मक, प्रतिसाददायी

responsive in Malayalam

പ്രത്യുത്തരാത്മകം, ഫലംകാണിക്കുന്ന, ചേർച്ചയുളള, ഉത്തരം പറയുന്ന

responsive in Kannada

ಮಾರ‍್ನುಡಿವ, ಓಕೊಳ್ಳುವ, ಕೂಡಲೇ ಮಾರೆಸಗುವ, ಸಂವೇದನಶೀಲ, ಸಹಾನುಭೂತಿಯುಳ್ಳ
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responsive in Gujarati
પ્રતિભાવશીલ, પ્રતિસાદાત્મક

Examples of responsive in a sentence

  • This result indicates that in fact, the three cell lines are responsive to this biolipid.
  • "I think politicians all of the sudden have an incentive to be more responsive to these concerns," said Prof.
  • That is a non responsive post Bob.

All 24 example sentences with responsive

Antonyms of responsive

Forms of responsive

comparativemore responsive
superlativemost responsive

Origin of responsive

From Middle French responsif, from Late Latin responsivus.

Words formed from responsive

Questions about responsive

What does responsive mean?
Responsive means answering, replying or responding.
What is responsive in Tamil?
Responsive in Tamil is ஏற்புத்தன்மை. See Responsive meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is responsive?
Responsive is an adjective.
How do you pronounce responsive?
Responsive is pronounced /ɹɪˈspɒn.sɪv/ (UK).

Words near responsive in the dictionary

  1. responsibly
  2. responsion
  3. responsions
  4. responsitivities
  5. responsitivity
  6. responsive
  7. responsive design
  8. responsive web design
  9. responsively
  10. responsiveness
  11. responsivenesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: responsive (page history and authors); responsive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); responsive (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); responsive (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); responsive (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); responsive (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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