Invited to a great party? You might respond by shouting "Hooray!" and then letting your friend know you'll be there. To respond is to react or reply.
To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply;
Verb
show a response or a reaction to something
Verb
respond favorably or as hoped; "The cancer responded to the aggressive therapy"
Verb
reply or respond to; "She didn''t want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation"
v. i.
To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to
respond to a question or an argument.
v. i.
To show some effect in return to a force; to act in
response; to accord; to correspond; to suit.
v. i.
To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the
defendant is held to respond in damages.
v. t.
To answer; to reply.
v. t.
To suit or accord with; to correspond to.
n.
An answer; a response.
n.
A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a
chapter.
n.
A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an
arch.
Respond
A new affliction strings a new cord in the heart, which responds to some new note of complaint within the wide scale of human woe.
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Respond
For his great deeds respond his speeches great.
Respond
To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply;
To answer; to reply.
An answer; a response.
Usage Examples
It is amazing that something I did 23 years ago still has an audience that people respond to and I am touched and surprised that people are still very positive about.
I spend up to two hours a day on correspondence. Hearing from fans on the Internet and being able to directly respond to the fan base is exciting. You can cut out the middle man like the fan club... before a recent appearance in Tyler, Texas, I had fans reaching out on MySpace offering their lake house, Mavericks tickets. It was amazing.
If you create something that is asking for people to respond as they're going to respond, you have to allow them to respond as they're going to respond. Some of the people are going to be uninterested and some people are going to be mad for some reason, which is their business. That's just the way the world is.
Americans are cool if you show just a chink of vulnerability, they respond so much. They'll pat you on the arm and say, 'Hey kid, you're all right.' Brits will respond but they are much more cynical.
Mr. Gonzales' failure to respond to questions legitimately posed to him by the Senate raises grave doubts in my mind as to his fitness to serve the people of the United States as their Attorney General.
'Funny Games' was conceived as a provocation. My other films are different. If people feel my other films are, or respond to them as provocation, then that's quite different. 'Funny Games' is the only one of mine where my intention was to provoke the audience.
'Star Wars' is fun, its exciting, its inspirational, and people respond to that. It's what they want.
I have experienced jealousy, possessiveness, verbal abuse and violence from men, but I have also experienced jealousy, possessiveness, verbal abuse and violence from women, usually when I failed to respond to their advances.
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Other Usage ExamplesIt is imperative that when thousands of selfless volunteers respond to those who have incurred the wrath of a natural disaster that legal liability need not be hanging over their heads.
Bad things do happen how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself.
I'm very conscious that I want the dance audience to respond and respect what I'm doing, so I'm always very true to the music and I honour the music in the way I see it - I don't mess around with the music.
Ideology... is indispensable in any society if men are to be formed, transformed and equipped to respond to the demands of their conditions of existence.
I respond very well to well-written material and women who have had an effect on society, something tragic or monumental has happened to them.
I like both athletic girls and girly girls. It depends on their personality. I like girls who can go out and play sports with me and throw the football around, but you don't want a girl who's too much tougher than you. I like brainy girls who can respond to what I'm saying.
God is waiting eagerly to respond with new strength to each little act of self-control, small disciplines of prayer, feeble searching after him. And his children shall be filled if they will only hunger and thirst after what he offers.
I understand why creative people like dark, but American audiences don't like dark. They like story. They do not respond to nervous breakdowns and unhappy episodes that lead nowhere. They like their characters to be a part of the action. They like strength, not weakness, a chance to work out any dilemma.
Actresses can get outrageously precious about the way they look. That's not what life's about. If you starve yourself to the point where your brain cells shrivel, you will never do good work. And if you're overly conscious of your arms flapping in the wind, how can you look the other actor in the eye to respond to them?
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