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respond

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noun

re·​spond ri-ˈspänd How to pronounce respond (audio)
: an engaged pillar supporting an arch or closing a colonnade or arcade

respond

2 of 2

verb

responded; responding; responds

intransitive verb

1
: to say something in return : make an answer
respond to criticism
2
a
: to react in response
responded to a call for help
b
: to show favorable reaction
respond to surgery
3
: to be answerable
respond in damages
responder noun

Synonyms

Verb

Example Sentences

Verb She hasn't yet responded to my letter. My mother responded to my request with a firm no. The teacher asked a question, but the student didn't respond. “Are you ready?” he asked. “No,” she responded. When I asked him what he was doing, he responded that it was none of my business. Police quickly responded to the call for help. She responded to their decision by threatening to quit. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Because fMRI machines can measure changes in blood flow and electrical activity in the brain, neuroscientists often use them to study which parts of the cortex respond to different stimuli. Quanta Magazine, 8 Feb. 2022 Every year, officers and deputies across the county respond to tens of thousands of mental health calls. Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2021 Officers are working quickly to usher folks off the fairgrounds and respond to reports of violence in the Midway area. Landon Mion, Fox News, 4 Sep. 2022 The exercises noted below are designed to address the most common causes of sciatica, but not all types of back pain respond to the same remedy, so not all exercises will work for everyone. Dana Santas, CNN, 19 Aug. 2022 Jones has repeatedly failed to appear for depositions and respond to orders to produce business records. Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2022 Lindsay Williams, a spokesman for Immigration and U.S. Customs Enforcement did not make Lopez available for an interview or respond to questions related to his testimony. Maria Perez, USA TODAY, 21 July 2022 Still, Facebook is just one platform out of many, while all the major communications platforms respond to hundreds of thousands of police requests every year. Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2022 Meta decision and respond with any potential changes or complaints. Wired, 11 Aug. 2022
Verb
Reps for Harding did not immediately respond to PEOPLE. Amanda Taylor, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2022 Berkeley County West Virginians for Life did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2022 Judge Boyce's office did not immediately respond to an inquiry from Fox News Digital. Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 17 Sep. 2022 Empire Diner did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent by USA TODAY to an email listed on its website. Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2022 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Brent Kendall, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2022 Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment. BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2022 The company didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2022 The lawyer, Aaron Morrison, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English respounde, literally, reply, from Anglo-French respuns, respunt response

Verb

alteration of Middle English respounden, from Anglo-French respundre, from Latin respondēre to promise in return, answer, from re- + spondēre to promise — more at spouse

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1572, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of respond was in the 15th century

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