English Explanatory Dictionary

response

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
  2. The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question.
  3. An oracular answer.
  4. A verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in sequence or reply to the priest or officiant.
  5. A versicle or anthem said or sung during or after a lection; a respond or responsory.
  6. A reply to an objection in formal disputation.
  7. An online advertising performance metric representing one click-through from an online ad to its destination URL.
  8. A reaction to a stimulus or provocation.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈspɒns/ /ɹɪˈspɑns/ en-us-response.ogg

Word forms

response responses

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *spend- Proto-Indo-European *spondéyeti Proto-Italic *spondejō Proto-Italic *spondeō Latin spondeō Latin respondeō Latin respōnsumbor. Old French respunsbor. Middle English respounse English response From Middle English respounse, respons, from Old French respons, respuns, responce, ultimately from the Latin respōnsum, a nominal use of the neuter form of respōnsus, the perfect passive participle of respondeō, from re (“again”) + spondeō (“promise”). Doublet of responsum.

Synonyms

reaction

Related words

respond responsa responsal responsibility responsible responsion responsive responsively responsiveness responsorial responsorium responsory responsure

Derived words

allergic response alloresponse armed response autonomous sensory meridian response autoresponse Babinski's response bioresponse call-and-response call and response call-response canned response cell-mediated immune response chemoresponse cold shock response conditioned response consultary response counterresponse crisis response team debris response area direct response electroresponse emergency response fawn response fencing response flehmen response fractal response time Glomar response graviresponse host response hunting response hyperresponse hyporesponse immune response immunoresponse impulse response interresponse isoresponse Koebner response mechanoresponse misresponse multiresponse neuroresponse nonresponse nuclear response function orientating response osmoresponse overresponse phonoresponse photoresponse piezoresponse postresponse pseudoresponse quick response team radioresponse rapid response system rapid response team reflex response response inhibition responseless response time
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