respond
to reply or answer in words: to respond briefly to a question.
to make a return by some action as if in answer: to respond generously to a charity drive.
to react favorably.
Physiology. to exhibit some action or effect as if in answer; react: Nerves respond to a stimulus.
to correspond (usually followed by to).
Bridge. to make a response.
to say in answer; reply.
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.
Ecclesiastical.
a short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.
Origin of respond
1Other words for respond
Other words from respond
- o·ver·re·spond, verb
- un·re·spond·ing, adjective
Words Nearby respond
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How to use respond in a sentence
That’s the reason that we responded as quickly as we did when we got a letter indicating that there were threats of violence and violence with respect to school officials and school staff.
Our dumbed-down debate over the Justice Department and schools | Aaron Blake | October 27, 2021 | Washington PostThat kind of compassion might go a long way toward helping us begin to respond to a hurting world.
The group did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
Democrats need to respond aggressively to the crony capitalism practiced by many Republicans, particularly regarding Wall Street.
If you take too long to respond, people will just keep talking and your chance to speak is lost.
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“Then they ask questions and they have time for children to be able to respond as well,” Folan added.
"I'm afraid I couldn't quite manage that, my dear boy," your fond parent would respond.
In the same way the technical form and mechanism of production were presumed to respond to an automatic stimulus.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockThe poor marble statue at his feet can no longer respond to the cries of her famishing child.
The World Before Them | Susanna MoodieRosa laughingly approved of this decision, for she was like-minded with her mother, but her father did not respond.
The Garret and the Garden | R.M. BallantyneShe did not respond; she did not attempt to soothe him; if ever looks expressed reproach and aversion, hers did then.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry Wood
British Dictionary definitions for respond
/ (rɪˈspɒnd) /
to state or utter (something) in reply
(intr) to act in reply; react: to respond by issuing an invitation
(intr foll by to) to react favourably: this patient will respond to treatment
an archaic word for correspond
architect a pilaster or an engaged column that supports an arch or a lintel
Christianity a choral anthem chanted in response to a lesson read at a church service
Origin of respond
1Derived forms of respond
- respondence or respondency, noun
- responder, noun
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