Respond

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -É’nd

• UK IPA: /ɹəˈspÉ’nd/

• UK IPA: /ɹəˈspÉ’nd/, /ˈɹiːˌspÉ’nd/

Origin

From Old French respondre (Modern répondre), from Latin respondeō.

Full definition of respond

Verb

1. (transitive, intransitive) To say something in return; to answer; to reply.to respond to a question or an argument
2. (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.
• 2012-01, Robert M. Pringle, How to Be Manipulative, As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.
3. (ambitransitive) To correspond with; to suit.
• FairfaxFor his great deeds respond his speeches great.
4. (transitive) To satisfy; to answer.The prisoner was held to respond the judgment of the court.

Derived terms

• responder
• responsive

Noun

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

Related terms

• response
• responsible
• responsibility

Anagrams

• ponders