receptive

réceptif, ouvert

Disposé à écouter des idées nouvelles et à envisager de les accepter.

En anglais simple : Willing to listen to new ideas and consider accepting them.

• She was receptive to my suggestion.
• We found a receptive audience for our ideas.
• Are the managers receptive to change?

Comment l'utiliser : receptive to something (The team was receptive to feedback.)

Synonymes : open, open-minded

Contraires : unreceptive

Expressions courantes : receptive to something, receptive audience

réceptif

Capable de recevoir ou d’absorber quelque chose, comme des signaux ou des substances.

En anglais simple : Able to take in something, such as signals or substances.

• The cells remain receptive to signals.
• The treatment makes the surface more receptive to dye.
• These tissues are receptive to outside stimuli.

Comment l'utiliser : receptive to something (The material is receptive to moisture.)

Expressions courantes : receptive surface, receptive cells

réceptif

Qui concerne la compréhension des mots entendus ou lus.

En anglais simple : Related to understanding words that you hear or read.

• The test measures receptive vocabulary.
• Her receptive language skills are stronger than her speaking skills.
• Listening exercises can improve receptive understanding.

Contraires : expressive

Expressions courantes : receptive language, receptive vocabulary

réceptif, fertile

Prêt à s’accoupler ou capable de recevoir du pollen pour se reproduire.

En anglais simple : Ready to mate or able to receive pollen for reproduction.

• The female is now receptive.
• Pollen must reach the flower while its stigma is receptive.
• The males approach receptive females during the breeding season.

Synonymes : fertile

Expressions courantes : receptive female, receptive stigma