receptive

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Synonyms: deceptive, preceptive, perceptive, retentive, receive, acceptive, reception, redemptive, inceptive, resentive, proceptive

Antonyms: deceptive, preceptive, perceptive, retentive, receive, acceptive, reception, redemptive, inceptive, resentive, proceptive

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Adjective

1. {{cap|capable}} of [[receive|receiving]] something.
2. {{cap|ready}} to receive something, especially [[new#Adjective|new]] [[concept]]s or [[idea]]s.
3. {{lb|en|botany|of a [[female#Adjective|female]] [[flower#Noun|flower]] or [[gynoecium]]}} {{cap|ready}} for [[reproduction]]; [[fertile]].
4. {{lb|en|neurology|psychology}} Of, affecting, or pertaining to the [[understanding#Noun|understanding]] of [[language]] rather than its [[expression]].
5. {{lb|en|zoology}} Of a female [[animal]] (especially a [[mammal]]): [[prepare]]d to [[mate#Verb|mate]]; [[in heat]], in [[oestrus]].

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