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Webster 1913 Edition
Response
Re-sponse′
(r?-sp?ns′)
, Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Response
RESPONSE
,Noun.
1.
An answer or reply; particularly, an oracular answer.2.
The answer of the people or congregation to the priest, in the litany and other parts of divine service.3.
Reply to an objection in a formal disputation.4.
In the Romish church, a kind of anthem sung after the morning lesson.5.
In a fugue, a repetition of the given subject by another part.Definition 2024
response
response
English
Noun
response (plural responses)
- An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
- The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question.
- An oracular answer.
- (liturgics) A verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in sequence or reply to the priest or officiant.
- (liturgics) A versicle or anthem said or sung during or after a lection; a respond or responsory.
- A reply to an objection in formal disputation.
- An online advertising performance metric representing one click-through from an online ad to its destination URL.
- 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.
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Quotations
- 1338, Robert Mannyng, Middle English Chronicle
- What was his respons written, I ne sauh no herd.
- 1842, Alfred Tennyson, The Two Voices
- Then did my response clearer fall:
"No compound of this earthly ball
Is like another, all in all."
- Then did my response clearer fall:
- 1874, James Sully, Sensation and Intuition, p. 17.
- There seems a vast psychological interval between an emotional response to the action of some grateful stimulus and the highly complex intellectual and emotional development implied in a distinct appreciation of objective beauty.
Derived terms
- consultary response
Synonyms
Related terms
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Translations
an answer or reply
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the act of responding or replying
a reaction to a stimulus or provocation
References
- response in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Old French
Alternative forms
- responce
- respounce (Anglo-Norman)
- respounse (Anglo-Norman)
- respunse (Anglo-Norman)
Etymology
Variant of the masculine noun respons.
Noun
response f (oblique plural responses, nominative singular response, nominative plural responses)
Descendants
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe 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)