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Narrator: Today's word is "Responsive" — adjective, pronounced /rɪˈspɒnsɪv/, with the stress on "spon".
Narrator: Responsive means reacting quickly and positively to something.
Narrator: In plain English, responsive things respond well and fast.
Narrator: It comes from response plus -ive.
Narrator: A common collocation is "responsive design", which describes websites that adapt to phones, tablets and computers.
Narrator: It differs from "reactive", because reactive only acts after problems, while responsive listens and adapts well.
Narrator: In a second sense, a patient can be responsive or unresponsive, meaning conscious and reacting or not.
Narrator: Web design, customer service, medicine and engineering all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: responsive means quick to react and adapt.
Speaker A: Why does this website look good on my phone?
Speaker B: It's RESPONSIVE! It comes from response.
Speaker A: It changes shape?
Speaker B: To fit any screen.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Our support team is very responsive", praise. "Build a responsive layout", web design. "The patient was responsive to voice", medicine.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Use "responsive to", not "responsive for", as in "responsive to feedback".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Receptive is its cousin, adaptive its twin, and quick an alternative — yet responsive keeps its nimble charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "responsive" in AI prompts — useful for web layouts and support metrics.
Speaker A: How for web layouts?
Speaker B: Name breakpoints.
Prompt: Write a responsive CSS grid that shows one column on phones and three on desktops.
Speaker A: And support?
Speaker B: Measure speed.
Prompt: Suggest three metrics to show how responsive our support team is.
Speaker A: Could it help testing?
Speaker B: Yes, for screens.
Prompt: List the screen sizes to test so this page stays responsive.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Performance.
Prompt: Suggest ways to make this dashboard feel more responsive when filters change.
Responsive — meaning in Arabic & definition More R courses GL Dictionary