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- Dictionaryre·spond/rəˈspänd/
verb
- 1. say something in reply: "she could not get Robert to respond to her words" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a half-pillar or half-pier attached to a wall to support an arch, especially at the end of an arcade.
- 2. (in church use) a responsory; a response to a versicle.
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1. : to say something in return : make an answer. respond to criticism. 2. a. : to react in response. responded to a call for help. b. : to show favorable reaction. respond to surgery. 3. : to be answerable. respond in damages. transitive verb. : reply.
to say or do something as a reaction to something that has been said or done: I want to respond to something that Norman said. If a disease responds to treatment, the harmful effects of the disease begin to lessen.
Respond definition: to reply or answer in words. See examples of RESPOND used in a sentence.
To respond is to react or reply. Fireman, police, and EMTs are known as first responders. This is because they are the first people to respond to an emergency.
to say or do something as a reaction to something that has been said or done: I want to respond to something that Norman said. If a disease responds to treatment, the harmful effects of the disease begin to lessen.
Answer and reply are the most common verbs used for speaking or writing as a reaction to a question, letter, etc. Note that you answer a person, question or letter, not answer to them, but you reply to somebody or something:
The meaning of RESPONSE is an act of responding. How to use response in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Response.
When you respond to something that is done or said, you react by doing or saying something. She did not respond to the questions. American English : respond / rɪˈspɒnd /
1. To make a reply; answer: respond to an email. 2. To act in return or in answer: firefighters responding to a call. See Synonyms at answer. 3. To react to a stimulus or to a treatment, especially in a favorable way: tumors that responded to radiation. v.tr. To give as a reply; answer. n.Architecture.
respond. verb. /rɪˈspɑnd/. Verb Forms. [intransitive, transitive] (rather formal) to give a spoken or written answer to someone or something synonym reply I asked him his name, but he didn't respond. respond (to somebody/something) (with something) She never responded to my letter.
