respondent

[ri-spon-duhnt]

noun

1. a person who responds or makes reply.

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

adjective

1. giving a response; answering; responsive.

2. Law.,  being a respondent.

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

4. Obsolete.,  corresponding.

respondent

/ rɪˈspɒndənt /

noun

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

adjective

1. a less common word for responsive

Word History and Origins

Origin of respondent¹

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

Example Sentences

In an exclusive poll conducted by YouGov for MarketWatch in October, only about half of respondents said that the way they use and manage their money made them happy.

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In an exclusive poll conducted by YouGov for MarketWatch in October, only about half of respondents said that the way they use and manage their money made them happy.

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A poll by insolvency trustee firm Harris & Partners found roughly 60% of respondents don’t feel financially prepared for Christmas and a little more than 70% aim to spend less than last year over the holidays.

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Over the past six months, my research lab has been collecting data with a tool called the Values Bridge, which ranks in order each respondent’s values on a scale from 1 to 16.

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Around 40 percent of respondents had a "very good", "good" or neutral opinion of the regime, while 55 percent viewed it as "bad" or "very bad".

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