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[rɪ'spɒnsɪv]1) (alert) [audience, class, pupil] ricettivo, reattivo2) (adaptable) [ organization] dinamico* * *[-siv]adjective ((negative unresponsive): a responsive, kindly girl; a responsive smile; The disease is responsive to treatment.) comprensivo; (che reagisce/risponde)* * *responsive /rɪˈspɒnsɪv/a.2 che reagisce ( agli stimoli, ecc.); reattivo; sensibile: She's quite responsive to her pupils' needs, è abbastanza sensibile alle esigenze dei suoi alunni; a responsive audience, un pubblico reattivo (o sensibile)3 (tecn.) che risponde: (med.) a disease responsive to treatment, una malattia che risponde alle cure; The brakes aren't very responsive, i freni non rispondono bene● (relig.) responsive reading, lettura di passi liturgici, con risposte dei fedeliresponsively avv.* * *[rɪ'spɒnsɪv]1) (alert) [audience, class, pupil] ricettivo, reattivo2) (adaptable) [ organization] dinamico -
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[rɪ'spɒnd]1) (answer) rispondereto respond with a phone call — dare una risposta o rispondere per telefono
to respond to pressure — pol. amm. cedere alle pressioni
3) (listen, adapt) adeguarsi* * *[rə'spond]( with to)1) (to answer with words, a reaction, gesture etc: He didn't respond to my question; I smiled at her, but she didn't respond.) rispondere2) (to show a good reaction eg to some course of treatment: His illness did not respond to treatment by drugs.) rispondere3) ((of vehicles etc) to be guided easily by controls: The pilot said the plane did not respond to the controls.) rispondere•- response- responsibility
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- responsiveness* * *respond /rɪˈspɒnd/n.1 (relig.) responsorio♦ (to) respond /rɪˈspɒnd/v. i.1 rispondere; reagire: Police responded with teargas, la polizia ha risposto con il gas lacrimogeno; Many people respond to stress by eating more, molte persone reagiscono allo stress mangiando di più; The market responded positively to the announcement, il mercato ha risposto positivamente all'annuncio; The patient failed to respond to the antibiotics, il paziente non ha risposto agli antibiotici; to respond to sb. 's needs, soddisfare le esigenze di q.2 rispondere; replicare: to respond to a letter, rispondere a una lettera; He responded that he was aware of the problem, ha risposto di essere cosciente del problema; «I don't believe a word of it» she responded, «non credo a una parola» rispose; to respond negatively [positively] to a question, rispondere negativamente [affermativamente] a una domanda4 essere (o mostrarsi) sensibile (a): to respond to children [animals], essere sensibile ai bambini [agli animali]NOTA D'USO: - to answer, to reply o to respond?-* * *[rɪ'spɒnd]1) (answer) rispondereto respond with a phone call — dare una risposta o rispondere per telefono
to respond to pressure — pol. amm. cedere alle pressioni
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