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Meaning of 'response'
Meaning of 'response' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Response 
[ n.]
- The act of responding. [ n.]- An answer or reply.
- Reply to an objection in formal disputation.
- The answer of the people or congregation to the priest or clergyman, in the litany and other parts of divine service.
- A kind of anthem sung after the lessons of matins and some other parts of the office.
- A repetition of the given subject in a fugue by another part on the fifth above or fourth below.
Meaning of 'response' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. response [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
- a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
Example in sentence:
- a bad reaction to the medicine;
- his responses have slowed with age
Meaning (2):
- the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
- the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
Example in sentence:
- he growled his reply
Meaning (3):
- a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
- a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
Example in sentence:
- he wrote replies to several of his critics;
- I waited several days for his answer
Meaning (4):
- the manner in which something is greeted
- the manner in which something is greeted
Example in sentence:
- she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors
Meaning (5):
- a result
- a result
Example in sentence:
- this situation developed in response to events in Africa
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