English

Etymology

From Middle French responsif, from Late Latin responsivus.

Pronunciation

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.
  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

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French

Pronunciation

Adjective

responsive

  1. feminine singular of responsif

German

Pronunciation

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

Italian

Adjective

responsive

  1. feminine plural of responsivo

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