responsive

CEFRB2

/ɹɪˈspɒn.sɪv/

adjective

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01
adjective
Reacting quickly and appropriately to people or changing conditions.
02
adjective
Extra detail
Able to receive and respond to external stimuli.

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Now, let's briefly explore two different approaches for creating sites for a multiple audience: multiserving and responsive design.
The vocal lay responsive to the strings.
he [the bishop] must be responsive for all his diocese

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Now, let's briefly explore two different approaches for creating sites for a multiple audience: multiserving and responsive design.
2012, Dino Esposito, Architecting Mobile Solutions for the Enterprise
The vocal lay responsive to the strings.
1725, Homer, “Book VIII”, in [William Broome], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume II, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC
he [the bishop] must be responsive for all his diocese
1642, Jeremy Taylor, The Sacred Order and Offices of Episcopacy or Episcopacy Asserted against the Arians and Acephali New and Old

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From Middle French responsif, from Late Latin responsivus.