respond /ri-spondˈ/ intransitive verb- To answer
- To utter liturgical responses
- To act in answer
- To react
noun- A response to a versicle in liturgy
- A half-pillar or half-pier attached to a wall to support an arch (corresponding to one at the other end of an arcade, etc)
ORIGIN: L respondēre, respōnsum, from re- back, and spondēre to promise respondˈence noun - Response (Spenser)
- Correspondence, agreement
respondˈency noun Correspondence respondˈent adjective - Answering
- Corresponding
- Responsive
noun- A person who answers
- A response to a specific stimulus
- A person who refutes objections
- A defendant, esp in a divorce suit
respondentia /res-pon-denˈshə/ noun A loan on a ship's cargo, payable only on safe arrival respondˈer, responsˈer or responsˈor /ris-/ noun - A person or thing that responds
- The part of a transponder which replies automatically to the correct interrogation signal
Responˈsa plural noun A branch of rabbinical literature consisting of written decisions from authorities in reply to questions, problems, etc submitted to them (responˈsum one of these decisions) responseˈ noun - An answer
- An oracular answer
- An answer made by the congregation to the minister or priest during divine service
- A responsory
- A reaction, esp sympathetic
- The ratio of the output to the input level of a transmission system at any particular frequency (electronics)
responseˈless adjective responsibilˈity noun - State of being responsible
- A trust or charge for which one is responsible
responˈsible adjective - Liable to be called to account as being in charge or control
- Answerable (to a person, etc for something)
- Deserving the blame or credit of (with for)
- Governed by a sense of responsibility
- Being a free moral agent
- Morally accountable for one's actions
- Trustworthy
- Able to meet one's financial obligations
- Respectable-looking
- Involving responsibility
- Correspondent (obsolete)
responˈsibleness noun responˈsibly adverb responˈsions /-shənz/ plural noun Formerly, the first of three examinations for the BA degree at Oxford, ‘smalls’ responˈsive adjective - Ready to respond
- Answering
- Correspondent
- With responses
responˈsively adverb responˈsiveness noun responsorial /ri- or rē-spon-sōˈri-əl or -söˈri-əl/ adjective Responsive noun An office-book containing the responsories responˈsory adjective Making answer noun- An anthem sung after a lesson
- A liturgical response
response time noun (computing) The time taken by a computer to reply to a command given to it by a user, eg to display a website after the address has been entered |