response

From Middle English respounse, respons, from Old French respons, respuns, responce, ultimately from the Latin respōnsum, a nominal use of the neuter form of respōnsus, the perfect passive participle of respondeō, from re (“again”) + spondeō (“promise”). Doublet of responsum.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈspɒns/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈspɑns/

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• Rhymes: -ɒns

response (plural responses)

2. An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
4. The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question.
5. An oracular answer.
6. (liturgics) A verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in sequence or reply to the priest or officiant.
7. (liturgics) A versicle or anthem said or sung during or after a lection; a respond or responsory.
8. A reply to an objection in formal disputation.
9. An online advertising performance metric representing one click-through from an online ad to its destination URL.
10. A reaction to a stimulus or provocation.
    • 2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist:

      As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn’t entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time.

• reaction

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “response”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

From English responsible

response

1. Responsible
   • 2008 January 28, “On The Rock” (track 3), in Mr. Brooks...A Better Tomorrow‎^[1], performed by Mavado (singer):

     Mama cry out. You think dem response how much innocent yute die out

     (The) mother cries out. Do you think those responsible (care) how much innocent youths die out.

   • 2009 August 6, “The System”‎^[2]performed by Vybz Kartel:

     Who response fi di ghetto yute dem? Babylon a execute dem

     Who's responsible for the ghetto youths? Babylon executes them.

   • 2009 September 9, “Get You Girl”‎^[3]performed by Anthony B:

     Affi get that girl ya, me nuh response. It nuh matter if she put up resistance

     I have to get that girl here, I'm not responsible (for how). It doesn't matter if she puts up resistance.

respōnse

1. vocative masculine singular of respōnsus

From Old French response.

response f (plural responses)

1. response

• French: réponse

• responce
• respounce (Anglo-Norman)
• respounse (Anglo-Norman)
• respunse (Anglo-Norman)

Variant of the masculine noun respons (also used as the past participle of respondre), itself a semi-learned word derived from Latin responsus.

response oblique singular, f (oblique plural responses, nominative singular response, nominative plural responses)

1. response

• → English: response
• French: réponse

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (response, supplement)
• respuns on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub (the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub lists the feminine noun repunse under the masculine noun respuns)

response

1. inflection of responsar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative