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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
re•sponse /rɪˈspɑns/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. an answer;
    reply:[countable]What is your response to these questions, Senator?
  2. an action done as an answer to another action: [countable]a friendly response to his greeting.[uncountable]She nodded in response to his greeting.
  3. Biology behavior of a living thing due to a stimulus:[countable]the chimp's response to seeing the blue light flash.
See -spond-.
    response is a noun, responsible is an adjective, responsibility is a noun:What was your response to the question? She is a responsible driver. The new job has more responsibilities.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
re•sponse  (ri spons),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
  2. [Biol.]any behavior of a living organism that results from an external or internal stimulus.
  3. Religion[Eccles.]
    • a verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in reply to the officiant. Cf. versicle (def. 2).
    • responsory.
  4. Games[Bridge.]a bid based on an evaluation of one's hand relative to the previous bid of one's partner.
  • Latin, as above
  • Middle French respons
  • Latin respōnsum, noun, nominal use of neuter past participle of respondēre to respond; replacing Middle English respounse
  • 1250–1300
re•sponseless, adj. 
    1. rejoinder. See answer. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
response /rɪˈspɒns/ n
  1. the act of responding; reply or reaction
  2. a bid replying to a partner's bid or double
  3. (usually plural) a short sentence or phrase recited or sung by the choir or congregation in reply to the officiant at a church service
  4. the ratio of the output to the input level, at a particular frequency, of a transmission line or electrical device
  5. any pattern of glandular, muscular, or electrical reactions that arises from stimulation of the nervous system
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin rēsponsum answer, from rēspondēre to respondreˈsponseless adj
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