Definitions for response

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response re·sponse

Spelling: [ri-spons]

IPA: /rɪˈspɒns/

Response is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 236 anagrams from letters in response (eenoprss).

Definitions for response

noun

1. an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
2. Biology. any behavior of a living organism that results from an external or internal stimulus.
3. Ecclesiastical. a verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in reply to the officiant. Compare versicle (def 2). responsory.
4. Bridge. a bid based on an evaluation of one's hand relative to the previous bid of one's partner.

Origin of response

1250-1300; Latin respōnsum, noun use of neuter past participle of respondēre to respond; replacing Middle English respounse Middle French respons Latin, as above

Examples for response

She could not allude to such things without at least a possibility of response.

In response, the April Revolution protests erupted in much of the country.

I think the response of the French government so far has been pretty appropriate in that regard.

In response to the screen quota cut, South Korea established a “cinema tax” on the box office.

Ask the young noble, who has been to him as a father; and his response will be 'Anaxagoras.'

By response to response we spin round a friend the age-web which lengthens into the death-web.

What is known is that Peña Nieto bungled his response to the crisis.

Receiving no response she knocked again, this time with more force.

In response, Greenberg offered the Times his resignation, which was refused.

Certain faculties develop in response to the pressure of environment.