RESPONSIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does responsive mean? 

• RESPONSIVE (adjective)
  The adjective RESPONSIVE has 3 senses:

1. containing or using responses; alternating

2. readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion

3. reacting to a stimulus

  Familiarity information: RESPONSIVE used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESPONSIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Containing or using responses; alternating

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

antiphonal; responsive

Context example:

antiphonal laughter

Pertainym:

response (a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister)

Derivation:

response (a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion

Context example:

children are often the quickest and most responsive members of the audience

Similar:

answering; respondent (replying)

Also:

sensitive (responsive to physical stimuli)

sensitive (being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others)

Antonym:

unresponsive (not responding to some influence or stimulus)

Derivation:

respond (show a response or a reaction to something)

responsiveness (the quality of being responsive; reacting quickly; as a quality of people, it involves responding with emotion to people and events)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Reacting to a stimulus

Synonyms:

reactive; responsive

Context example:

the skin of old persons is less reactive than that of younger persons

Similar:

sensitive (responsive to physical stimuli)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes cAMP response element-binding protein, plays a role in the transcriptional regulation of cyclic AMP responsive genes.

(CREB1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes cellular nucleic acid-binding protein, plays a role in transcriptional regulation of sterol responsive genes.

(CNBP wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3, is involved in the modulation of the expression of cyclic AMP responsive genes.

(CREB3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 1, is involved in the modulation of transcription.

(CREB3L1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 2, plays a role in transcription that occurs in response to endoplasmic reticulum stress.

(CREB3L2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in the modulation of the expression of sterol responsive genes.

(Cellular Nucleic Acid-Binding Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

Carbohydrate-responsive element-binding protein (852 aa, ~93 kDa) is encoded by the human MLXIPL gene.

(Carbohydrate-Responsive Element-Binding Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in the transcriptional activation of androgen responsive genes.

(AR Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This prevents binding to and transcription of AR-responsive genes that regulate prostate cancer cell proliferation.

(AR Antagonist ODM-201, NCI Thesaurus)

And responsive out of his deeps had come the new thing—love.

(White Fang, by Jack London)