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Meaning of receptive

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  receptive
      adj 1: open to arguments, ideas, or change; "receptive to reason
             and the logic of facts"
      2: ready or willing to receive favorably; "receptive to the
         proposals" [syn: {receptive}, {open}] [ant: {unreceptive}]
      3: of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing
         toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons" [syn:
         {centripetal}, {receptive}, {sensory(a)}]
      4: able to absorb liquid (not repellent); "the paper is ink-
         receptive"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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