respondˈer, responsˈer or responsˈor /ris-/ noun

1. A person or thing that responds
2. The part of a transponder which replies automatically to the correct interrogation signal

Responˈsa plural noun

A branch of rabbinical literature consisting of written decisions from authorities in reply to questions, problems, etc submitted to them (responˈsum one of these decisions)

responseˈ noun

1. An answer
2. An oracular answer
3. An answer made by the congregation to the minister or priest during divine service
4. A responsory
5. A reaction, esp sympathetic
6. The ratio of the output to the input level of a transmission system at any particular frequency (electronics)

responseˈless adjective

responsibilˈity noun

1. State of being responsible
2. A trust or charge for which one is responsible

responˈsible adjective

1. Liable to be called to account as being in charge or control
2. Answerable (to a person, etc for something)
3. Deserving the blame or credit of (with for)
4. Governed by a sense of responsibility
5. Being a free moral agent
6. Morally accountable for one's actions
7. Trustworthy
8. Able to meet one's financial obligations
9. Respectable-looking
10. Involving responsibility
11. Correspondent (obsolete)

responˈsibleness noun

responˈsibly adverb

responˈsions /-shənz/ plural noun

Formerly, the first of three examinations for the BA degree at Oxford, ‘smalls’

responˈsive adjective

1. Ready to respond
2. Answering
3. Correspondent
4. With responses

responˈsively adverb

responˈsiveness noun

responsorial /ri- or rē-spon-sōˈri-əl or -söˈri-əl/ adjective

Responsive

An office-book containing the responsories

responˈsory adjective

Making answer

1. An anthem sung after a lesson
2. A liturgical response

response time noun (computing)

The time taken by a computer to reply to a command given to it by a user, eg to display a website after the address has been entered