Definition of "receptive"

Capable of receiving something.  examples

Ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas.  examples

(botany) Of a female flower or gynoecium: ready for reproduction; fertile.  examples

(neurology, psychology) Of, affecting, or pertaining to the understanding of language rather than its expression.

(zoology) Of a female animal (especially a mammal): prepared to mate; in heat, in oestrus.