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responder

[ ri-spon-der ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that responds.
  2. Electronics. the part of a transponder that transmits the reply.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of responder1

First recorded in 1875–80; respond + -er 1

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Example Sentences

Not everyone was required to wear a mask in the early days of the pandemic, and that included emergency responders.

One way to do that is by placing a fun and engaging quiz on your most visited page and asking the responders to sign up before showing the results.

Last year, Williams published a plan to revamp the city’s approach, including a proposal that would include not only mental health professionals but peer counselors as the primary responders.

While billions have flowed to hospitals and other parts of the health-care system, the nation’s ambulance and emergency responders have received only a tiny fraction of that funding.

Also in the show, our hosts reviewed intersections from survey responders and who thinks things are going in the right direction for the San Diego region.

One responder accused me of not even knowing what racism is.

Social media have created a platform for every single American to become a “virtual first responder,” in word, donation, or deed.

A first responder pushed a wheelchair-bound woman to safety and then returned to the carnage.

I am told that the first responder who found her looked into her eyes and told her ‘your parents love you.’

“First of all, you are not going to die,” counseled the first responder, Calimhero.

Las terminaciones dichas de as, an, &c., sirven mejor para preguntar que para responder del tiempo pasado.

Y en lo demas que contiene la dicha consulta quedo mirando para responder ella.

Lowell and Depew are acknowledged as peers of any "toast-responder" or "after-dinner orator" the world has ever seen.

Hart could not tell whether the old woman was an active member or just a passive responder, but it did not matter.

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