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Respond

rɪˈspɒnd

Respond definitions
verb
respond responded responding responds
  1. say something in reply

    "she could not get Robert to respond to her words"

    answer reply to say something in response to say in response answer reply rejoin retort return riposte counter fling back hurl back retaliate come back
    • (of a congregation) say or sing the response in reply to a priest
  2. (of a person) do something as a reaction to someone or something

    "she responded to his grin with a smile"

    • react quickly or positively to a stimulus or treatment

      "his back injury has failed to respond to treatment"

    • make (a bid) in answer to one's partner's preceding bid

      "to partner's opening one heart it is dangerous to respond two clubs"

noun
respond responds
  1. a half-pillar or half-pier attached to a wall to support an arch, especially at the end of an arcade
  2. (in church use) a response to a versicle; a responsory