respond
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Old French respondre (Modern répondre), from Latin respondeō.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɒnd
Noun
Verb
Verb[edit]
respond (third-person singular simple present responds, present participle responding, simple past and past participle responded)
- (transitive, intransitive) To say something in return; to answer; to reply.
- to respond to a question or an argument
- (intransitive) To act in return; to exhibit some action or effect in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response; to accord.
- 2012 January 1, Robert M. Pringle, “How to Be Manipulative”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 31:
- As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.
- 2012 January 1, Robert M. Pringle, “How to Be Manipulative”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 31:
- (transitive, intransitive) To correspond with; to suit.
- Fairfax
- For his great deeds respond his speeches great.
- Fairfax
- (transitive) To satisfy; to answer.
- The prisoner was held to respond the judgment of the court.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to say something in return
to act in return
to satisfy
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Noun[edit]
respond (plural responds)
- A response.
- A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.
- (architecture) A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost of an arch.
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References[edit]
- respond in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- respond in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
