Definitions for response
rɪˈspɒnsre·sponse

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 25 votes

1. responsenoun

   a result

   "this situation developed in response to events in Africa"

2. reaction, responsenoun

   a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent

   "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age"

3. answer, reply, responsenoun

   a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation

   "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics"

4. reception, responsenoun

   the manner in which something is greeted

   "she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors"

5. responsenoun

   a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister

6. reply, responsenoun

   the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange

   "he growled his reply"

7. responsenoun

   the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.2 / 6 votes

1. responsenoun

   An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.

2. responsenoun

   The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question.

3. responsenoun

   An oracular answer.

4. responsenoun

   (liturgics) A verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in sequence or reply to the priest or officiant.

5. responsenoun

   (liturgics) A versicle or anthem said or sung during or after a lection; a respond or responsory.

6. responsenoun

   A reply to an objection in formal disputation.

7. responsenoun

   An online advertising performance metric representing one click-through from an online ad to its destination URL

8. Etymology: ultimately from the responsum, a nominal use of the neuter form of responsus, the perfect passive participle of respondeo, from re + spondeo.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Responsenoun

   Etymology: responsum, Lat.

   1. An answer.

   Mere natural piety has taught men to receive the responses of the gods with all possible veneration. Gov. of the Tongue.

   The oracles, which had before flourished, began to droop, and from giving responses in verse, descended to prose, and within a while were utterly silenced. Henry Hammond.

   2. [ Respons, Fr.] Answer made by the congregation, speaking alternately with the priest in publick worship.

   To make his parishioners kneel and join in the responses, he gave every one of them a hassock and common prayer book. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 112.

   3. Reply to an objection in a formal disputation.

   Let the respondent not turn opponent; except in retorting the argument upon his adversary after a direct response; and even this is allowed only as a confirmation of his own response. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. response

   A response is a reaction or reply to a stimulus or situation. In general, it can refer to both non-verbal and verbal reactions, and can be immediate or delayed. Responses can be physiological, such as a reflex, emotional, such as feeling happy or sad, or behavioral, such as a decision or action taken. It can also refer to the output of a system or device in reaction to a specific input or command.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Responsenoun

   the act of responding

2. Responsenoun

   an answer or reply

3. Responsenoun

   reply to an objection in formal disputation

4. Responsenoun

   the answer of the people or congregation to the priest or clergyman, in the litany and other parts of divine service

5. Responsenoun

   a kind of anthem sung after the lessons of matins and some other parts of the office

6. Responsenoun

   a repetition of the given subject in a fugue by another part on the fifth above or fourth below

7. Etymology: [OF. response, respons, F. rponse, from L. responsum, from respondere. See Respond.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. response

   An accurate, perfect, efficient and effective reply to a form of communication.

   The gave a response to the social media message and said they are delighted to attend the wedding.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 11, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Bodily Process
   • Consequence
   • Greeting
   • Manner
   • Phrase
   • Speech Act
   • Statement

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'response' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #991

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'response' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1548

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'response' in Nouns Frequency: #348

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Anagrams for response »

1. pessoner

How to pronounce response?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say response in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of response in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of response in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of response in a Sentence

1. Lee Hardman:

   The recent escalation in the trade war between the U.S. and China is a dollar positive story. We are relatively pessimistic and feel we are unlikely to get a trade deal before the end of this year, which should keep the dollar well bid, unless we see a more aggressive Fed rate cut cycle in response to recession fears in the U.S., it is difficult to see in the near-term what will trigger a sustainable reversal of the strong dollar trend that has been in place for the last couple of years.

2. Jessica Andrews:

   Democrats have only provided about 8,000 pages of documents received in response to their 81 letters, which doesn't approach the claim they've received tens of thousands of documents.

3. John Pecman:

   We have had some setbacks. I won't pretend otherwise. But a Chicken Little reaction that 'the sky is falling' is a wholly inappropriate response.

4. Robert McKeeman:

   We have real-time communication through GPS, so the police stations know where the officer is at all times, if he goes off on a chase, they know where he is. If he goes completely out of contact, they know where he is. They can even determine if he is lying horizontal instead of vertical and issue an emergency response.

5. Matt Smith:

   This is a response to try to cripple the Matt Smith shale industry.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=response
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Response
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=response
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/response
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=response