RECEPTIVENESS

receptiveness, receptivity, openness

(noun) willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas); “he was testing the government’s receptiveness to reform”; “this receptiveness is the key feature in oestral behavior, enabling natural mating to occur”; “their receptivity to the proposal”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

receptiveness (usually uncountable, plural receptivenesses)

the characteristic of being receptive

Source: Wiktionary


Re*cep"tive*ness, n.

Definition: The quality of being receptive.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

20 September 2024

NECESSITATE

(verb) require as useful, just, or proper; “It takes nerve to do what she did”; “success usually requires hard work”; “This job asks a lot of patience and skill”; “This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice”; “This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert”; “This intervention does not postulate a patient’s consent”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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