Dictionary

respond en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɹɪˈspɒnd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɹɪˈspɑnd/ (General-American)
• /ɹəˈspɒnd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɹəˈspɑnd/ (General-American)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English respounden, from Old French respondre, from Late Latin respondō, from Latin respondeō. Cf. Modern French répondre.

Meanings

1. A response.
2. A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.
3. A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost of an arch.

Forms

Relateds

responsibleness · react · responsa · responsibility · responsible · responsibly · responsiveness · responsive · responsively · response

Synonyms

account · answer · comeback · response · return · rejoinder · reaction · retort · rebuttal · riposte

respond en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɹɪˈspɒnd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɹɪˈspɑnd/ (General-American)
• /ɹəˈspɒnd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɹəˈspɑnd/ (General-American)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English respounden, from Old French respondre, from Late Latin respondō, from Latin respondeō. Cf. Modern French répondre.

Meanings

1. (intransitive, transitive) To say something in return; to answer; to reply.
   • to respond to a question or an argument
2. (intransitive) To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response.
   • 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 14, Robert M. Pringle, “How to Be Manipulative”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2013, page 31:
3. (ambitransitive) To correspond with; to suit.
   • For his great deeds respond his speeches great. 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC:
4. (transitive) To satisfy; to answer.
   • The prisoner was held to respond the judgment of the court.
5. (intransitive) To be liable for payment.

Forms

Deriveds

hyperrespond · responding variable · responder · respondee · underrespond · autorespond · respondence · nonresponding · thrombospondin · counterrespond · misrespond · responsive · unresponding · unresponded · mechanorespond · overrespond

Hyponyms

obey · disobey

Synonyms

rejoin · retort · answer · react · respond · snap back · counter · return · answer back · reply

Translations (91)

pt responder (to say something in return) · tpi bekim tok (to correspond) · sq përgjigjem (to say something in return) · njo-jgl langzü (to say something in return) · es responder (to say something in return) · njo-jgl langzük (to say something in return) · de reagieren (to act in return) · ms bertindak balas (to act in return) · es salirle al paso (to say something in return) · pl odpowiedzieć (to correspond) · mi whakautu (to act in return) · ast responder (to act in return) · ru отвеча́ть (to say something in return) · el ανταποκρίνομαι (to satisfy) · ro răspunde (to say something in return) · nci nanquilia (to say something in return) · fr répondre (to act in return) · mi whakahoki (to say something in return) · pt responder (to act in return) · grc ἀποκρίνομαι (to say something in return) · fi vastata (to act in return) · my ထူး (to say something in return) · nb svare (to act in return) · eo respondi (to say something in return) · mi whakautu (to say something in return) · se vástidit (to say something in return) · nrf èrpotchi (to act in return) · mi tāoro (to act in return) · sc rispòndhere (to say something in return) · da svare (to act in return) · nrf èrpotchi (to say something in return) · pl odpowiedzieć (to say something in return) · bg реагирам (to act in return) · rm respunder (to say something in return) · pl odpowiadać (to correspond) · ar أَجَابَ (to say something in return) · sv svara (to say something in return) · pl odpowiadać (to act in return) · lt atsiliepti (to say something in return) · tpi tok (to correspond) · mi kātoitoi (to say something in return) · la respondeō (to say something in return) · es responder (to act in return) · it rispondere (to say something in return) · uk відповісти́ (to say something in return) · pl odpowiadać (to say something in return) · kix thò (to say something in return) · tpi bekim tok (to say something in return) · uk реагува́ти (to act in return) · nb reagere (to act in return) · uk відповісти́ (to correspond) · da korrespondere (to correspond) · bg отговарям (to say something in return) · ast responder (to say something in return) · oc respondre (to say something in return) · pl reagować (to act in return) · fi vastata (to say something in return) · uk відповіда́ти (to say something in return) · mi whakahoki (to act in return) · it corrispondere (to correspond) · el απαντώ (to say something in return) · lld respuender (to say something in return) · da svare (to say something in return) · mi urupare (to say something in return) · fi vastata (to correspond) · uk відповіда́ти (to correspond) · ca respondre (to say something in return) · fr répondre (to correspond) · ru отве́тить (to say something in return) · fr répondre (to say something in return) · ceb balos (to say something in return) · fr répondre (to satisfy) · gl corresponder (to correspond) · da reagere (to act in return) · de antworten (to say something in return) · pl odpowiedzieć (to act in return) · pl zareagować (to act in return) · gl responder (to say something in return) · fur rispuindi (to say something in return) · it rispondere (to act in return) · nrf èrpotchi (to correspond) · pdt auntwuate (to say something in return) · gl responder (to act in return) · ko 응답하다 (to say something in return) · mi tāoro (to say something in return) · it dare riscontro (to satisfy) · uk відзива́тися (to act in return) · af antwoord (to say something in return) · bg отговарям (to correspond) · scn rispùnniri (to say something in return) · es responder (to correspond)