responsive

responsive

English

Etymology

From Middle French responsif, from Late Latin responsivus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈspɒn.sɪv/

  • Audio (RP)

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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; [William Broome], transl., “Book VIII”, in The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume II, London: […] Bernard Lintot, OCLC 8736646:

     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, válaszoló (hu), felelő, 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, 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 Spanish: empático (es)

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French

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

responsive

1. feminine singular of responsif

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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

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Italian

Adjective

responsive

1. feminine plural of responsivo

Anagrams

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