About The Word Response
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Response
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What's The Definition Of Response?
[n] a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some foregoing stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age"
[n] the manner in which something is greeted; "she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors" [n] a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister [n] a statement (either spoken or written) that is made in 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" [n] the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; "he growled his reply" [n] a result; "this situation developed in response to events in Africa" Synonyms | Synonyms for Response: answer | reaction | reception | reply Related Terms | Find terms related to Response: See Also | activity | answer | automatism | bodily function | bodily process | body process | comeback | consequence | counter | counterblast | double take | echo | effect | electrical skin response | electrodermal response | event | feedback | Fere phenomenon | galvanic skin response | greeting | GSR | immune reaction | immune response | immunologic response | inborn reflex | innate reflex | instinctive reflex | issue | kinesis | learned reaction | learned response | non sequitur | outcome | overreaction | passage | passing | phrase | physiological reaction | psychogalvanic response | reaction | rebound | reflex | rejoinder | replication | rescript | result | retort | return | riposte | salutation | speech act | statement | Tarchanoff phenomenon | taxis | transfusion reaction | tropism | unconditioned reflex | upshot Response In Webster's Dictionary \Re*sponse"\ (r?*sp?ns"), n. [OF. response, respons, F.
r['e]ponse, from L. responsum, from respondere. See
{Respond}.]
1. The act of responding.
2. An answer or reply. Specifically:
(a) Reply to an objection in formal disputation. --I.
Watts.
(b) (Eccl.) The answer of the people or congregation to
the priest or clergyman, in the litany and other parts
of divine service.
(c) (R.C.Ch.) A kind of anthem sung after the lessons of
matins and some other parts of the office.
(d) (Mus.) A repetition of the given subject in a fugue by
another part on the fifth above or fourth below.
--Busby.
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