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verb (used without object)
1.
to reply or answer in words: to respond briefly to a question.
2.
to make a return by some action as if in answer: to respond generously to a charity drive.
3.
to react favorably.
4.
Physiology. to exhibit some action or effect as if in answer; react: Nerves respond to a stimulus.
5.
to correspond (usually followed by to ).
6.
Bridge. to make a response.
verb (used with object)
7.
to say in answer; reply.
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
noun
8.
Architecture. a half pier, pilaster, or the like projecting from a wall as a support for a lintel or an arch, the other side of which is supported on a free-standing pier or column.
9.
Ecclesiastical.
a.
a short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.
b.
c.
Origin:
1350–1400; (noun) Middle English: responsory < Old French, derivative of respondre to respond < Latin respondēre to promise in return, reply, answer, equivalent to re- re- + spondēre to pledge, promise (see sponsor); (v.) < Latin respondēre
1350–1400; (noun) Middle English: responsory < Old French, derivative of respondre to respond < Latin respondēre to promise in return, reply, answer, equivalent to re- re- + spondēre to pledge, promise (see sponsor); (v.) < Latin respondēre
Related forms
o·ver·re·spond, verb
un·re·spond·ing, adjective
Synonyms
1. rejoin. 2. rise, react, reply.
1. rejoin. 2. rise, react, reply.
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respond (rɪˈspɒnd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (foll by to) | |
| 1. | to state or utter (something) in reply |
| 2. | (intr) to act in reply; react: to respond by issuing an invitation |
| 3. | to react favourably: this patient will respond to treatment |
| 4. | an archaic word for correspond |
| —n | |
| 5. | architect a pilaster or an engaged column that supports an arch or a lintel |
| 6. | Christianity a choral anthem chanted in response to a lesson read at a church service |
| [C14: from Old French respondre, from Latin rēspondēre to return like for like, from | |
| re'spondence | |
| —n | |
| re'spondency | |
| —n | |
| re'sponder | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
respond
c.1300, respound, from O.Fr. respondere "respond, correspond," from L. respondere "respond, answer to, promise in return," from re- "back" + spondere "to pledge" (see spondee). Modern spelling and pronunciation is from c.1600.
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