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receptive

/rɪˈseptɪv/

B1CEFR level
40/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

Medicine adjective

Willing and open to receive new ideas, suggestions, or information.

Once his pain was controlled, he was far more receptive to talking about lifestyle changes.

Similar: open

Topic: Patient-facing communication in Medical English

Business adjective

Willing to consider a proposal or new idea.

The buyer was far more receptive once the rep dropped the script and asked about her actual problem.

Similar: open, amenable, responsive

Topic: Sales in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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More medicine words: Patient-facing communication