response
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1.3
- noun
- /rɪˈspɑns/
- The team's quick response to the emergency showcased their training and preparedness.
- elicit a response
- a positive response
- a negative response
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Watch on YouTubeBut you shouldn't have this counter response of hating them either.
- But you shouldn't have this counter response of hating them either.
- Your actual first emotional response is this is hilarious.
- But once again, the most powerful stoic response is just to go Nope.
- And he says between stimulus and response, there is a space.
- And, and this is really the proper response to that sort of evil.
- Jeff Goldblum's first response was, Oh, my God, of course.
- But you can choose your response to every single one of those things.
- I mean, I think, you know, my first response to conflict is exit.
- Dear girl, I honor your response and action I do.
- It's determined in part by their responses to things.
Examples
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And what do you think the response was from sponsors initially?
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There is an entire spectrum of responses to the attacks, a diversity of interpretations.
Academic text (2008) -
Now, that in a way is the kind of response I welcome.
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OK, so this is basically what the response is going to be.
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But you can choose your response to every single one of those things.
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We got a huge response.
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We're thinking new channel in response to what viewers seem to want.
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And the response by the audience was really predictable.
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Results also reveal that there are some differences in the responses of the students.
Academic text (2013) -
I'm deeply grateful for the extraordinary public response to Mr. Taransky's film.
Synonyms
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2.6
An immediate feeling after hearing or seeing something
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1.0
An answer in speech or writing to a question from someone
50
3.4
The way people react to a person, idea or action
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3.5
A quick reaction to an emergency or sudden problem
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2.8
A quick answer you get without delay
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4.4
A very quick answer to a question given without thinking, often one after another
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
13
4.4
The body's reaction to germs like viruses or bacteria that fights infection
- Specialized
4
4.8
A learned reaction to a signal, like a bell, that happens after the signal is often shown with something else
- Specialized
1
6.9
The amount a device or system changes output at different frequencies
- Specialized
1
5.7
A reaction a person develops from practice or experience, not one they are born with
- Specialized
1
6.2
Change in the skin's tiny electrical activity when you feel stress or strong emotion
- Specialized
1
6.6
A quick automatic reaction to a sudden sound or movement that makes you jump
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4.2
An automatic action your body makes without thinking when something touches or moves near you
- Specialized
1
9.9
A pleasant tingling on the scalp that moves down the neck and spine and makes you feel very relaxed
- Specialized
1
7.3
A change in the skin's electrical activity when a person feels stress or strong emotion
- Specialized
1
6.3
Part of the body's defence where B cells make antibodies in the blood to fight bacteria and toxins
- Specialized
1
6.4
A body defence by special white blood cells that attacks viruses, fungi, and transplanted organs
- Specialized
1
9.9
A faster and stronger rise of antibodies when the body meets the same germ again
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4.4
A very quick answer to a question given without thinking, often one after another
- Specialized
1
5.3
The body's reaction that makes antibodies and sends cells to fight germs
- Specialized
1
7.2
A learned reaction to a sound or signal after it happens many times
An emotional reaction you learn when something is often linked with a good or bad event
- Specialized
A learned action an animal or person does to avoid something bad after a warning signal
- Specialized
A change in the skin's electrical signal when someone feels stress or strong emotion
Online videos and streams made to cause the pleasant tingling feeling and help people relax
- Specialized
A graph showing how loudness changes across low and high tones
- Specialized
A graph that shows how loud a speaker or amplifier is at different frequencies
- Specialized
A small change in the skin's electric signals when someone feels stress or strong emotion
- Formal
A reaction that shows little concern for criticism or others' feelings
How Receptive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Response comes from the old Latin verb respondere, made of re- 'back' and spondere 'to promise', and shares its root with respond. So a response can mean how people 'answer back' or react when they receive news, a greeting, or an idea.