response
an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
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.
Origin of response
1synonym study For response
Other words for response
Other words from response
- re·sponse·less, adjective
- coun·ter·re·sponse, noun
Words Nearby response
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How to use response in a sentence
In response to the PPC announcement, someone on Twitter asked if we’d even need websites anymore eventually.
Is Google moving toward being search marketing’s point of singularity: Thursday’s daily brief | Carolyn Lyden | February 11, 2021 | Search Engine LandGrief is our natural emotional response to loss, so allow yourself to feel it — and any other emotions that may arise.
Politics and conspiracy theories are fracturing relationships. Here’s how to grieve those broken bonds. | Jeff Schrum | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostThe proper responses to unpleasant remarks by Elizabeth are silence and a change of subject.
Miss Manners: Time to cut ties with longtime friend? | Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin, Jacobina Martin | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostThe 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.
RapidSOS raises $85M for a big data platform aimed at emergency responders | Ingrid Lunden | February 9, 2021 | TechCrunch
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.
Why Mexicans Are Enraged by Obama’s Big Tuesday Meeting | Ruben Navarrette Jr. | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBut 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.
When You Get the Flu This Winter, You Can Blame Anti-Vaxxers | Kent Sepkowitz | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTTo make the effort of articulation a vital impulse in response to a mental concept,—this is the object sought.
Expressive Voice Culture | Jessie Eldridge SouthwickThere was no response to the knock, and Davy cautiously pushed open the door and went in.
Davy and The Goblin | Charles E. CarrylThe knocker appeared to hear the response, and to assert that it was quite impossible he could wait so long.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2) | Charles DickensWinifred, indeed, in response to a question, said faintly that she thought she could keep going if she had a drink of milk.
The Red Year | Louis TracyTo this there was no response, the stranger thinking with bitterness that his trip was anything but one of pleasure.
The Cromptons | Mary J. Holmes
British Dictionary definitions for response
/ (rɪˈspɒns) /
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
Origin of response
1Derived forms of response
- responseless, adjective
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Scientific definitions for response
[ rĭ-spŏns′ ]
A reaction, as that of an organism or any of its parts, to a specific stimulus. See more at classical conditioning.
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