respond

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive, transitive) To say something in return; to answer; to reply.
2. (intransitive) To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response.
3. (ambitransitive) To correspond with; to suit.
4. (transitive) To satisfy; to answer.
5. (intransitive) To be liable for payment.

Noun

1. A response.
2. A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.
3. A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost of an arch.

Synonyms

answer

reply

react

retort

counter

accept

🉑

return

acknowledge

echo

repay

correspond

reply to

response

acknowledgement

retaliate

satisfy

plead

reciprocate

rejoin

greet

interrupt

key

🔑

live up to

meet

occur

oppose

pilaster

pour out

represent

responsible for

reverberate

reward

riposte

see

👀

serve

stick

take in charge

talkback

tell

thank

examine carefully

respond to

give answer

give a respond to

translate

repay a favour

act on

agree to

answer back

answer for

Translations

répondre

rispondere

responder

antworten

responder

απαντώ

réagir

antwoorden

contestar

reagieren

beantwoorden

αποκρίνομαι

reaccionar

respondre

reageren

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈspɒnd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: respounden

Cognate with French: répondre

In summary

From Middle English respounden, from Old French respondre, from Late Latin respondō, from Latin respondeō. Cf. Modern French répondre.