respond
//ɹɪˈspɒnd//
Forms
- present (v1)
- respond
- past (v2)
- responded
- past participle (v3)
- responded
- present participle
- responding
- 3rd person singular
- responds
- Plural
- responds
Definitions
1.To say something in return; to answer; to reply.
2.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.
3.To correspond with; to suit.
- For his great deeds respond his speeches great.
4.To satisfy; to answer.
- The prisoner was held to respond the judgment of the court.
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.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #988
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From Middle English respounden, from Old French respondre, from Late Latin respondō, from Latin respondeō.
Cf.
Modern French répondre.