Respond

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To make a reply; answer. See Synonyms at answer.
  • verb-intransitive. To act in return or in answer.
  • verb-intransitive. To react positively or favorably: The patient has responded rapidly to the treatment.
  • v. To give as a reply; answer.
  • n. Architecture A pilaster or half-pier engaged to a wall and carrying one end of an arch or groin, often at the end of an arcade.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To say something in return; to answer; to reply.
  • v. To act in return; to exhibit some action or effect in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response; to accord.
  • v. To correspond; to suit.
  • v. To satisfy; to answer.
  • n. A response.
  • n. A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.
  • n. A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost of an arch.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply.
  • verb-intransitive. To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit.
  • verb-intransitive. To render satisfaction; to be answerable.
  • v. To answer; to reply.
  • v. To suit or accord with; to correspond to.
  • n. An answer; a response.
  • n. A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter.
  • n. A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an arch.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make answer; give a reply in words; specifically, to make a liturgical response.
  • To answer or reply in any way; exhibit some action or effect in return to a force or stimulus.
  • To correspond; suit.
  • To be answerable; be liable to make payment: as, the defendant is held to respond in damages.
  • To answer to; correspond to.
  • To answer; satisfy, as by payment: as, the prisoner was held to respond the judgment of the court.
  • n. An answer; a response.
  • n. In liturgics: A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.
  • n. A response.
  • n. In architecture, a half-pillar, pilaster. or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost of an arch.
  • In biology, to react under a stimulus in such a way as to prepare for or escape from an event of which, in course of nature, the stimulus is the sign, signal, or constant antecedent; answer back to a stimulus by an action that commends itself to the human observer as prudent and judicious. See response, 3.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. react verbally
  • v. respond favorably or as hoped
  • v. show a response or a reaction to something
  • Verb Form
    responded    responding    responds   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    react   
    Cross Reference
    react   
    Form
    responder   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    answer    reply    rejoin    accord    correspond    suit    response   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bond    Durand    Fronde    Gond    abscond    beyond    blond    blonde    bond    conned