Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Responsive

 Responsive

responsive / adjective / rih-SPAHN-siv

Definition
1a: giving response
1b: constituting a response
1c: answering
2a: quick to respond or react appropriately or sympathetically
2b: sensitive
3: using responses

Examples
"A mobile responsive website is one that adapts to fit different screens, most notably mobile phones. It can do this in a number of ways that improve visibility and usability. For example, a mobile responsive site will have pictures that change to fit the screen size. Buttons and text will do the same, so they can all be viewed properly on a phone screen."
— June Potter, The Times Union (Albany, New York), 17 June 2021

The portal could help small business owners deal with a non-responsive lender, said Erik Asgeirsson, president and CEO of the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants in an online Town Hall on July 8.
— cleveland, 12 July 2021

Did You Know?
Responsive comes from the joining of Latin responsus with the suffix -ivus, which gave English -ive.
That suffix changes verbs into adjectives, as in suggestive or corrosive.
Responsus is a form of respondēre, which means "to answer" and is the source of English's respond.
Responsive enters the language with the meaning "giving response" or "answering."
Examples are "a responsive letter" or "a responsive glance."
Nowadays, it variously describes people or things that immediately respond or react to something, such as "a responsive audience" or "a car with responsive steering."

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