What does response mean?
Definitions for response
rɪˈspɒnsre·sponse
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word response.
Princeton's WordNet
responsenoun
a result
"this situation developed in response to events in Africa"
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"
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"
reception, responsenoun
the manner in which something is greeted
"she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors"
responsenoun
a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister
reply, responsenoun
the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
"he growled his reply"
responsenoun
the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals
Wiktionary
responsenoun
An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
responsenoun
The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question.
responsenoun
An oracular answer.
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.
responsenoun
(liturgics) A versicle or anthem said or sung during or after a lection; a respond or responsory.
responsenoun
A reply to an objection in formal disputation.
responsenoun
An online advertising performance metric representing one click-through from an online ad to its destination URL
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 Dictionary
Responsenoun
Etymology: responsum, Lat.
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.
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.
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.
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
Responsenoun
the act of responding
Responsenoun
an answer or reply
Responsenoun
reply to an objection in formal disputation
Responsenoun
the answer of the people or congregation to the priest or clergyman, in the litany and other parts of divine service
Responsenoun
a kind of anthem sung after the lessons of matins and some other parts of the office
Responsenoun
a repetition of the given subject in a fugue by another part on the fifth above or fourth below
Etymology: [OF. response, respons, F. rponse, from L. responsum, from respondere. See Respond.]
Editors Contribution
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
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'response' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #991
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'response' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1548
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'response' in Nouns Frequency: #348
Anagrams for response »
pessoner
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of response in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of response in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of response in a Sentence
We knew the Pope was going to mobilize the kind of energy that very few religious leaders can do in the world, there had to be a Jewish statement. ... We felt a coming together in all of this, a response to the crisis and a response to the presence of God in the world.
We are hopeful of a favourable response from them.
The first response of humanitarians is always protect and save lives. But we are now looking at a generation that needs to go to school.
Guy Verhofstadt has put forward constructive additions, now we wait for a credible response from the UK to ensure an orderly Brexit.
It just really proves as far as that the kids' immune responses are good. They're very strong, a lot of people are asking us :' Does this mean you're giving us less of a vaccine ?' I said, well, we're giving you less antigen, but their immune response is so good that they're making the same immune response -- so there's no need to give more vaccine.
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Translations for response
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- استجابةArabic
- reakce, odpovídání, reagování, odpověď, odezvaCzech
- atebWelsh
- responsDanish
- AntwortGerman
- απάντησηGreek
- respondoEsperanto
- respuestaSpanish
- پاسخPersian
- vastausFinnish
- réponseFrench
- freagraIrish
- תגובהHebrew
- प्रतिक्रियाHindi
- válaszHungarian
- պատասխանArmenian
- tanggapanIndonesian
- respondoIdo
- responsoItalian
- תגובהHebrew
- 答え, 解答Japanese
- ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯೆKannada
- 대답Korean
- وهڵامKurdish
- responsioLatin
- gerak balas, responsMalay
- antwoorden, respons, antwoordDutch
- odpowiedźPolish
- respostaPortuguese
- raspunsRomanian
- отве́тRussian
- respons, svarSwedish
- பதில்Tamil
- ప్రతిస్పందనTelugu
- yanıtTurkish
- відповідьUkrainian
- جوابUrdu
- phản ứngVietnamese
- 响应Chinese
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