response

Response is defined as an answer to a question.

(noun)

An example of response is what happens after the question during a question and answer discussion.

The definition of response is a reaction after something is done.

(noun)

An example of response is how someone reacts to an ink blot on a card.

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See response in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. something said or done in answer; reply or reaction
  2. Eccles.
    1. a word or words used in replying to or affirming a prayer, reading, or exhortation
    2. responsory
  3. Electronics the ratio of the output to the input, as for a given frequency, of a device or system operating under specified conditions
  4. Physiol., Psychol. any biological reaction or behavior resulting from the application of a stimulus

Origin: ME respounse < ML respons < L responsum, neut. of responsus, pp. of respondere: see respond

See response in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The act of responding.
  2. A reply or an answer.
  3. A reaction, as that of an organism or a mechanism, to a specific stimulus.
  4. a. Ecclesiastical Something that is spoken or sung by a congregation or choir in answer to the officiating minister or priest.
    b. A responsory.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English respons

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin respōnsum

Origin: , from neuter past participle of respondēre, to respond; see respond

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