Dictionary Entry
respond
respond is a 7-letter English word with 11 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.
- 2intransitive verb
To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit.
- 3intransitive verb
To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages.
- 4transitive verb
To answer; to reply.
- 5transitive verb
To suit or accord with; to correspond to.
- 6noun
An answer; a response.
- 7noun
A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter.
- 8noun
A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an arch.
- 9verb
show a response or a reaction to something
Synonyms
- 10verb
respond favorably or as hoped
"The cancer responded to the aggressive therapy"
- 11verb
react verbally
"She didn't want to answer"
"answer the question"
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