response
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *spend- Proto-Indo-European *spondéyeti Proto-Italic *spondejō Proto-Italic *spondeō Latin spondeō Latin respondeō Latin respōnsumbor. Old French respunsbor. Middle English respounse English response From Middle English respounse, respons, from Old French respons, respuns, responce, ultimately from the Latin respōnsum, a nominal use of the neuter form of respōnsus, the perfect passive participle of respondeō, from re (“again”) + spondeō (“promise”). Doublet of responsum.
Definitions
An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
The act of responding or replying
The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question.
An oracular answer.
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A verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in sequence…
A verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in sequence or reply to the priest or officiant.
A versicle or anthem said or sung during or after a lection
A versicle or anthem said or sung during or after a lection; a respond or responsory.
A reply to an objection in formal disputation.
An online advertising performance metric representing one click-through from an online ad…
An online advertising performance metric representing one click-through from an online ad to its destination URL.
A reaction to a stimulus or provocation.
The neighborhood
- synonymreaction
- neighborrespond
- neighborresponsa
- neighborresponsal
- neighborresponsibility
- neighborresponsible
- neighborresponsion
- neighborresponsive
- neighborresponsively
- neighborresponsiveness
- neighborresponsorial
- neighborresponsorium
- neighborresponsory
Derived
allergic response, alloresponse, armed response, autonomous sensory meridian response, autoresponse, Babinski's response, bioresponse, call-and-response, call and response, call-response, canned response, cell-mediated immune response, chemoresponse, cold shock response, conditioned response, consultary response, counterresponse, crisis response team, debris response area, direct response, electroresponse, emergency response, fawn response, fencing response, flehmen response, fractal response time, Glomar response, graviresponse, host response, hunting response, hyperresponse, hyporesponse, immune response, immunoresponse, impulse response, interresponse, isoresponse, Koebner response, mechanoresponse, misresponse · +27 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at response. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at response. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at response
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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