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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024re•spond /rɪˈspɑnd/USA pronunciation v. - to answer in words: [~ + to + object]How do you respond to that question?[used with quotations]"I'm ready,'' he responded.
- to return by an action:[no object]to respond to a charity drive with donations.
- to react favorably:[no object* ~ + to]didn't respond to the treatment.
- Physiology to exhibit an effect;
react:[no object* ~ + to]Nerves respond to a stimulus.
See -spond-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re•spond (ri spond′),USA pronunciation v.i. - to reply or answer in words:to respond briefly to a question.
- to make a return by some action as if in answer:to respond generously to a charity drive.
- to react favorably.
- Physiologyto exhibit some action or effect as if in answer;
react:Nerves respond to a stimulus. - to correspond (usually fol. by to).
- Games[Bridge.]to make a response.
v.t. - to say in answer;
reply. n. - Architecturea half pier, pilaster, or the like projecting from a wall as a support for a lintel or an arch, the other side of which is supported on a free-standing pier or column.
- Religion[Eccles.]
- a short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.
- responsory.
- response.
- Latin respondēre
- Latin respondēre to promise in return, reply, answer, equivalent. to re- re- + spondēre to pledge, promise (see sponsor); (verb, verbal)
- Old French, derivative of respondre to respond
- (noun, nominal) Middle English: responsory 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rejoin.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rise, react, reply.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: respond /rɪˈspɒnd/ vb - to state or utter (something) in reply
- (intransitive) to act in reply; react: to respond by issuing an invitation
- (intransitive) followed by to: to react favourably: this patient will respond to treatment
- an archaic word for correspond
n - a pilaster or an engaged column that supports an arch or a lintel
- a choral anthem chanted in response to a lesson read at a church service
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French respondre, from Latin rēspondēre to return like for like, from re- + spondēre to pledge; see spouse, sponsorreˈspondence, reˈspondency n reˈsponder n |