Respond
[rɪ'spɒnd] or [rɪ'spɑnd]
Definition
(verb.) respond favorably or as hoped; 'The cancer responded to the aggressive therapy'.
Typist: Trevor--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.
(v. i.) To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit.
(v. i.) To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages.
(v. t.) To answer; to reply.
(v. t.) 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.
Checker: Patrice
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Answer, reply, rejoin.[2]. [Poetical.] Correspond, suit, be agreeable.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See DESPAIR]
SYN:Answer, reply, rejoin, correspond, tally, accord, meet, suit
ANT:Propound, disagree, disaccord, jar, differ
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Definition
v.i. to answer or reply: to correspond to or suit: to be answerable: to make a liturgical response: to be liable for payment.—v.t. to satisfy.—n. a versicle &c. occurring at intervals as in the responses to the commandments in the Anglican service: (archit.) a pilaster &c. in a wall for receiving the impost of an arch.—ns. Respon′dence Respon′dency act of responding: reply: (Spens.) correspondence.—adj. Respon′dent answering: corresponding to expectation.—n. one who answers esp. in a law-suit: one who refutes objections.—ns. Responden′tia a loan on the cargo of a vessel; Respon′sal a liturgical response: a proctor for a monastery; Response′ a reply: an oracular answer: the answer made by the congregation to the priest during divine service: reply to an objection in a formal disputation: a short anthem sung at intervals during a lection; Responsibil′ity Respon′sibleness state of being responsible: what one is responsible for: a trust.—adj. Respon′sible liable to be called to account or render satisfaction: answerable: capable of discharging duty: able to pay.—adv. Respon′sibly.—n.pl. Respon′sions the first of the three examinations for the B.A. degree at Oxford familiarly called 'smalls.'—adj. Respon′sive inclined to respond: answering: correspondent.—adv. Respon′sively.—n. Respon′siveness the state of being responsive.—adj. Responsō′rial responsive.—n. an office-book containing the responsories.—adj. Respon′sory making answer.—n. a portion of a psalm sung between the missal lections: the answer of the people to the priest in church service: a response book.—n. Respon′sūre (obs.) response.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
v.i. To make answer or disclose otherwise a consciousness of having inspired an interest in what Herbert Spencer calls 'external coexistences as Satan squat like a toad ' at the ear of Eve responded to the touch of the angel's spear. To respond in damages is to contribute to the maintenance of the plaintiff's attorney and incidentally to the gratification of the plaintiff.
Checker: Raymond
Examples
- Then 800 pulses of air will reach the ear each second, and the ear drum, being flexible, will respond and will vibrate at the same rate. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This device not only worked with great rapidity, but was extremely sensitive, and would respond to currents too weak to affect the most delicate electromagnetic relay. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mr. Jorkins is not a man to respond to a proposition of this peculiar nature. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Nature DID respond to his whole-hearted appeal, and, by the time the hunt was ended, revealed a good storage battery of entirely new type. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Then, Herbert, I would respond, let us look into our affairs. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I will respond for thee, Robert Jordan told him. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But he did not respond with any tenderness. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Sherman responded to this attack on his lines of communication by directing one upon theirs. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Oh, of course there is no reason why you shouldn't wear them,' responded Mr. Tupman. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- What Wisconsin had was leadership and a people that responded, inventors, and constructive minds. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Cela ne vaut rien, he responded. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Why, the chances,' responded Mr. Bob Sawyer. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The owner of Thornfield, she responded quietly. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- To this the fat boy, considerably terrified, briefly responded, 'Missis. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Gerty's compassionate instincts, responding to the swift call of habit, swept aside all her reluctances. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- My attention was arrested by the fact that he walked off after responding, and the sender happened to be a good one. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A day or two later, on responding to a summons from Mrs. Manson Mingott, his soul had been more deeply tried. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Responding to its force, thousands of little incandescent threads leap into radiant brightness and shed their mellow and genial light in our offices, our stores, hotels, and homes. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Responding to his softened manner, Mr. Lorry answered: Twenty years back, yes; at this time of my life, no. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- When a piano is being played, we are often startled to find that a window pane or an ornament responds to some note of the piano. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- If the period of any one of the objects corresponds with the period of the sounding body, the gentle but frequent impulses affect the object, which responds by emitting a sound. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- When the first fork vibrates, the second responds. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- To which Mrs. Bagnet responds with two pokes. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Rather so, indeed, sir, responds Mr. Guppy. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The proof of a good is found in the fact that the pupil responds; his response is use. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Typist: Ludwig