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Definition of Respond

1. Verb. Show a response or a reaction to something.

2. Verb. React verbally. "They respond that there was a traffic accident "; "We answered that we would accept the invitation"

3. Verb. Respond favorably or as hoped. "The cancer responded to the aggressive therapy"

Definition of Respond

1. v. i. To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.

2. v. t. To answer; to reply.

3. n. An answer; a response.

Definition of Respond

1. Verb. (transitive intransitive) To say something in return; to answer; to reply. ¹

2. Verb. (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. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To correspond; to suit. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To satisfy; to answer. ¹

5. Noun. A response. ¹

6. Noun. A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection. ¹

7. Noun. (architecture) A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost of an arch. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Respond

1. to say or act in return [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Respond

1. To say something in return, make an answer, to show some reaction to a force or stimulus, to render satisfaction. Origin: L. Respondere = to answer, reply This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Respond

resplendently resplendid resplending resplendishant resplendishing resplends resplice respliced resplices resplicing

resplit resplits resplitting respoke respoken respond (current term) respondeat superior responded respondee respondees

respondence respondences respondency respondent respondent behaviour respondent conditioning respondentia respondentias respondents responder

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