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response
[ ri-spons ]
noun
- an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
Synonyms: rejoinder
- Biology. any behavior of a living organism that results from an external or internal stimulus.
- Ecclesiastical.
- a verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in reply to the officiant. Compare versicle ( def 2 ).
- Bridge. a bid based on an evaluation of one's hand relative to the previous bid of one's partner.
response
/ rɪˈspɒns /
noun
- the act of responding; reply or reaction
- bridge a bid replying to a partner's bid or double
- usually plural Christianity a short sentence or phrase recited or sung by the choir or congregation in reply to the officiant at a church service
- electronics the ratio of the output to the input level, at a particular frequency, of a transmission line or electrical device
- any pattern of glandular, muscular, or electrical reactions that arises from stimulation of the nervous system
response
/ rĭ-spŏns′ /
- A reaction, as that of an organism or any of its parts, to a specific stimulus.
- See more at classical conditioning
Derived Forms
- reˈsponseless, adjective
Other Words From
- re·sponseless adjective
- counter·re·sponse noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of response1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
In response to the PPC announcement, someone on Twitter asked if we’d even need websites anymore eventually.
Grief is our natural emotional response to loss, so allow yourself to feel it — and any other emotions that may arise.
The proper responses to unpleasant remarks by Elizabeth are silence and a change of subject.
The response has been amazing to this single day virtual event.
These included not just responses to sudden downturns for Covid-19-stricken people, but also natural disasters and helping in related situations when other problems arose.
I think the response of the French government so far has been pretty appropriate in that regard.
Their immediate response tells an important truth about a police slowdown that has spread throughout New York City in recent days.
What is known is that Peña Nieto bungled his response to the crisis.
But the enduring response—stop the world, I want to get off—is the same.
With enough changing of the influenza RNA over time, the vaccine no longer provokes the “right” immune response.
To make the effort of articulation a vital impulse in response to a mental concept,—this is the object sought.
There was no response to the knock, and Davy cautiously pushed open the door and went in.
The knocker appeared to hear the response, and to assert that it was quite impossible he could wait so long.
Winifred, indeed, in response to a question, said faintly that she thought she could keep going if she had a drink of milk.
To this there was no response, the stranger thinking with bitterness that his trip was anything but one of pleasure.
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