respond
Other forms: responded; responding; responds
Invited to a great party? You might respond by shouting "Hooray!" and then letting your friend know you'll be there. To respond is to react or reply.
Fireman, police, and EMTs are known as first responders. This is because they are the first people to respond to an emergency. If you get into an accident, an EMT might check your reflexes to see how they respond.
Definitions of respond
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show a response or a reaction to something
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synonyms:
react
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treat
regard or consider in a specific way
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bristle
react in an offended or angry manner
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flip, flip out
react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way
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overreact
show an exaggerated response to something
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answer
react to a stimulus or command
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accept
be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal
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stool
react to a decoy, of wildfowl
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greet
react to in a certain way
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explode
show a violent emotional reaction
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accept
react favorably to; consider right and proper
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answer
respond to a signal
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balk, decline, refuse
show unwillingness towards
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accept, consent, go for
give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
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marvel, wonder
be amazed at
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acknowledge, notice
express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with
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refuse, reject, resist
resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
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give
consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man
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agree
consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something
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disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, spurn, turn down
reject with contempt
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settle
accept despite lack of complete satisfaction
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contract in
consent in writing to pay money to a trade union for political use
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contract out
refuse to pay a levy to a union for political use
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allow, countenance, let, permit
consent to, give permission
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buckle, buckle under, give in, knuckle under, succumb, yield
consent reluctantly
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regret
decline formally or politely
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repudiate
refuse to recognize or pay
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cite, mention
commend
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take in charge, undertake
accept as a charge
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disobey
refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient
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react verbally
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call back
return or repeat a telephone call
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counter
speak in response
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field
answer adequately or successfully
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sass
answer back in an impudent or insolent manner
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come back, rejoin, repay, retort, return, riposte
answer back
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bridle
respond to the reins, as of horses
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respond favorably or as hoped“The cancer responded to the aggressive therapy”
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type of:
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react
show a response or a reaction to something
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react
Pronunciation
US
/rɪˈspɑnd/
UK
/rɪˈspɒnd/
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