Meaning of respond | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To say something in return; to answer; to reply.
   intransitive, transitive
2. To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response.
   intransitive
3. To give as a reply; answer.
4. To correspond with; to suit.
   ambitransitive
5. A pilaster or half-pier engaged to a wall and carrying one end of an arch or groin, often at the end of an arcade.
6. To satisfy; to answer.
   transitive
7. (with to).
   with
8. To be liable for payment.
   intransitive
9. in a trustworthy or serious way. Do try to behave responsibly. verantwoordelik بصورةٍ مَسْؤولَه отговорно responsavelmente odpovědně verantwortungsvoll ansvarsbevidst υπεύθυναresponsablemente, con seriedad vastutustundlikult وظایفه شناسانه vastuullisesti avec sérieux בְּצוּרָה אַחֲרַאִית जिम्मेदारी से odgovorno felelősen secara bertanggung jawab alvarlega; með ábyrgð in modo responsabile 責任をもって 책임감 있게 atsakingai, protingai ar atbildības izjūtu secara bertanggungjawab verantwoordelijkansvarlig...
10. (negative unresponsive). a responsive, kindly girl; a responsive smile; The disease is responsive to treatment. reagerend مُسْتَجيد، مُتَجاوِب، سَريع الإسْتِجابَه отзивчив receptivo dobře reagující aufgeschlossen velvillig; venlig; modtagelig που ανταποκρίνεται que reacciona; interesado; sensible tundlik, vastuvõtlik پاسخ گو؛ واکنشی vastaanottavainen qui réagit bien (à) מְגִיב בִּמְהִירוּת उत्तरदायी, संवेदनशील prijemljiv, pun razumijevanja érzékeny, fogékony tanggap sem svarar/bregst vel við;...
    negative
11. reagerend باسْتِجابَةٍ سَريعَه отзивчиво receptivamente sympaticky aufgeschlossen velvilligt; modtageligt με (αντ)απόκριση reaccionando con interés/entusiasmo tundlikult به طور پذیزا؛ عکس العمل دار myötämielisesti avec sympathie בְּהֵיעָנוּת अनुक्रिया शीलता से prijemljivo, puno razumijevanja érzékenyen, fogékonyan dengan simpati móttækilega; vinsamlega comprensivamente 敏感に 반응하여 jautriai atsaucīgi secara tindak balas invoelend velvillig, mottakelig wrażliwie عكس العمل ښګاره كوونكى receptivamen...
12. reageer إسْتِجابَه، تَجاوُب отзивчивост receptividade citlivost die Aufgeschlossenheit modtagelighed απόκρισηinterés; sensibilidad tundlikkus تفاهم myötämielisyys bonne réaction à היענות अनुक्रियता, अनुक्रियाशीलता से prijemljivost érzékenység, fogékonyság tanggapan positif e-r sem bregst vel við comprensione 感じやすさ 반응성 jautrumas atsaucība; atsaucīgums tindak balas ontvankelijkheidvelvillighet, mottakelighet wrażliwość تفاهم receptividade înţelegere отзывчивость citlivosť dovzetnost reagovanje ...
13. To make a reply; answer: respond to an email.
14. To act in return or in answer: firefighters responding to a call. See Synonyms at answer.
15. To react to a stimulus or to a treatment, especially in a favorable way: tumors that responded to radiation.

Equivalents

Examples

“to respond to a question or an argument”

“As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.”

“For his great deeds respond his speeches great.”

“The prisoner was held to respond the judgment of the court.”

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