respondent

[ ri-spon-duh nt ]

/ rɪˈspɒn dənt /

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noun

a person who responds or makes reply.

Law. a defendant, especially in appellate and divorce proceedings.

adjective

giving a response; answering; responsive.

Law. being a respondent.

Psychology. of or relating to behavior that occurs consistently in response to a particular stimulus.

Obsolete. corresponding.

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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.

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Origin of respondent

1520–30; < Latin respondent- (stem of respondēns), present participle of respondēre. See respond, -ent

Words nearby respondent

resplendence, resplendent, resplendent quetzal, respond, respondence, respondent, respondent conditioning, responder, responsa, response, response generalization

Example sentences from the Web for respondent

But rarely does it cover the respondent in even short-term glory.
Marco Rubio And The State of the Union Response Speech Curse|Michelle Cottle|February 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The most obvious: no matter how charismatic a respondent may be, he or she is not the president.
Marco Rubio And The State of the Union Response Speech Curse|Michelle Cottle|February 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The more promising the respondent, the higher the expectations and the greater the potential for disappointment.
Marco Rubio And The State of the Union Response Speech Curse|Michelle Cottle|February 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The younger the respondent, the lower the support for whaling.
I’ll Have the Whale, Please: Japan’s Unsustainable Whale Hunts|Jake Adelstein, Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky|February 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST

A respondent from New Mexico said he or she owns a “.22 pistol to shoot rattlesnakes only in my yard.”
Readers Weigh In After Newtown Shooting: Why Own a Gun?|Matthew DeLuca|December 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In that case, the respondent ought to answer Yes or No directly.
Aristotle|George Grote
Thus, if the respondent defines medicine the science of the really existent, he is incorrect either wholly or partially.
Aristotle|George Grote
The first respondent was Tapley Holland, who leaped the line at a bound, exclaiming, 'I am ready to die for my country!'
A Flight in Spring|J. Harris Knowles
The conclusion could not go beyond the premisses, because the questioner could not go beyond the admissions of the respondent.
Logic, Inductive and Deductive|William Minto
The Judge asked to see the scar on the witness' forehead and that on the forehead of the respondent.
The Underground Railroad|William Still

British Dictionary definitions for respondent

respondent

/ (rɪˈspɒndənt) /

noun

law a person against whom a petition, esp in a divorce suit, or appeal is brought

adjective

a less common word for responsive

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respondent

noun

adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for respondent

noun

adjective