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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024re•sponse /rɪˈspɑns/USA pronunciation n. - an answer;
reply:[countable]What is your response to these questions, Senator? - an action done as an answer to another action: [countable]a friendly response to his greeting.[uncountable]She nodded in response to his greeting.
- Biology behavior of a living thing due to a stimulus:[countable]the chimp's response to seeing the blue light flash.
See -spond-. response is a noun, responsible is an adjective, responsibility is a noun:What was your response to the question? She is a responsible driver. The new job has more responsibilities. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re•sponse (ri spons′),USA pronunciation n. - an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
- [Biol.]any behavior of a living organism that results from an external or internal stimulus.
- Religion[Eccles.]
- a verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in reply to the officiant. Cf. versicle (def. 2).
- responsory.
- Games[Bridge.]a bid based on an evaluation of one's hand relative to the previous bid of one's partner.
- Latin, as above
- Middle French respons
- Latin respōnsum, noun, nominal use of neuter past participle of respondēre to respond; replacing Middle English respounse
- 1250–1300
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rejoinder. See answer.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: response /rɪˈspɒns/ n - the act of responding; reply or reaction
- a bid replying to a partner's bid or double
- (usually plural) a short sentence or phrase recited or sung by the choir or congregation in reply to the officiant at a church service
- the ratio of the output to the input level, at a particular frequency, of a transmission line or electrical device
- any pattern of glandular, muscular, or electrical reactions that arises from stimulation of the nervous system
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin rēsponsum answer, from rēspondēre to respondreˈsponseless adj |