Definitions for responses

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responses re·sponse

Spelling: [ri-spons]

IPA: /rɪˈspɒns/

Responses is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 244 anagrams from letters in responses (eenoprsss).

Definitions for responses

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.
5. an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
6. Biology. any behavior of a living organism that results from an external or internal stimulus.
7. 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.
8. Bridge. a bid based on an evaluation of one's hand relative to the previous bid of one's partner.

Origin of responses

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 responses

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.

He only cares about exploring its effect on a population and most particularly on their responses.

Depending on where you happen to go to school, the decision to play quidditch can lead to a variety of responses.

No one dropped the ring or mispronounced the responses, or trod on Evie's train, or cried.

Naturally he got a shower of responses—serious, playful, burlesque.

This, and the fact that he “has answered this question many times,” were essentially his responses to the next four questions.

When a reporter asked him a question, it would often elicit a series of Jesuitical responses.

Neither do they disdain to consult them, nor neglect the responses which they return.

She made her responses in a steady voice heard by every one in the room.

The responses of bride and groom were unhesitating, even firm.

“I think that responses to sexual-assault cases and allegations need to be extremely direct,” he tells me.