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UK
/ɹɪspˈɒns/
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[ US /ɹiˈspɑns, ɹɪˈspɑns/ ]
[ US /ɹiˈspɑns, ɹɪˈspɑns/ ]
NOUN
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a result
this situation developed in response to events in Africa -
a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
his responses have slowed with age
a bad reaction to the medicine - a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister
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the manner in which something is greeted
she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors -
a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
I waited several days for his answer
he wrote replies to several of his critics -
the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
he growled his reply - the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals
How To Use response In A Sentence
- $this - > _updated = true; else throw new Exception ( "Invalid server response"); public function setLoginPassword ($login, $password) $this - > _login = $login; PhpBB.com
- A great deal of the nudge-nudge wink-wink routine by the young upwardly mobile male executives was the usual response to her presence.
- So far, only a couple of the trees (literally two) have been found to be successful in fending off beetle attacks, using chemical and physical responses similar to those in lower-elevation tree species, such as lodgepole pine and Douglas fir. Louisa Willcox: Whitebark Pine: Functionally Gone in Much of the Greater Yellowstone
- In response to the outcry, as well as to the fact that colorization did not end up being the boon colorizers thought it would be, the practice thankfully disappeared after only a couple of years.
- Since interviewers represent the interface between the research and the respondent, they have an important role in maximizing the response rate for the survey.
- But Salmond appeared to concede that he had overreacted in his response to the PCC.
- I expected him to smile in response but he glowered at me.
- The answer would be significantly different to the one given in response to the Department's loaded question.
- The films he made look simple at first glance, yet already invite a more complicated response.
- This pattern of stimulus and response is parallel to the way that a shepherd might train his sheepdog.
