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response

res·ponse

UK/ɹɪˈspɒns/ US/ɹɪˈspɑns/ common

noun

1.

a result

  • “this situation developed in response to events in Africa”
2.

a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some foregoing stimulus or agent

  • “a bad reaction to the medicine”
  • “his responses have slowed with age”
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3.

a statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation

  • “I waited several days for his answer”
  • “he wrote replies to several of his critics”
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4.

the manner in which something is greeted

  • “she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors”
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5.

a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister

6.

the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange

  • “he growled his reply”
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Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • allergic response
  • armed response
  • autonomous sensory meridian response
  • Babinski's response
  • call and response
  • canned response
  • cell-mediated immune response
  • cold shock response

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