responsive.

Ready or able to react to a change, request, or need.

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Words that belong together

• responsive service
• responsive policy

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The policy became more responsive to regional differences.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Comparative more responsive; superlative most responsive when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, evaluation, qualification. Commonness: moderately common.