respond

B1 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ɹɪˈspɑnd/ UK /ɹɪˈspɒnd/ See IPA manual

Freq #3560

Meanings

1

verb
To say or write something back; to reply.

She didn't respond to my email until the next day.
2

verb
To react to something with an action.

The firefighters responded quickly to the emergency call.
3

verb
To improve as a result of treatment.

The patient responded well to the new medication.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Multiword verbs with respond

respond to Prepositional verb B1

to react or reply to something

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to say or write something... reply answer

2 verb · to react to something with... react

More counter rejoin retort return

Word family

Forms respondedrespondentrespondingresponds

Derived forms autorespondcounterrespondhyperrespondmechanorespondmisrespondnonrespondingoverrespondrespondeerespondenceresponderresponsivethrombospondin

Related forms reactresponsaresponse responsibility responsible responsibleness responsibly responsive responsively responsiveness

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Phrases (1)

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respond to
to react or reply to something

Verb + preposition/particle

Etymology

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

respounden Middle English respondre Old French respondō la-lat respondeō Latin

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# respond

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈspɑnd/
**IPA (UK):** /ɹɪˈspɒnd/
**Frequency rank:** 3560

## Meanings
1. To say or write something back; to reply.
2. To react to something with an action.
3. To improve as a result of treatment.

## Examples
- She didn't respond to my email until the next day.
- The firefighters responded quickly to the emergency call.
- The patient responded well to the new medication.

## Synonyms
- answer
- counter
- react
- rejoin
- reply
- retort
- return

## Derived Forms
- autorespond
- counterrespond
- hyperrespond
- mechanorespond
- misrespond
- nonresponding
- overrespond
- respondee
- respondence
- responder
- responsive
- thrombospondin

## Related Forms
- react
- responsa
- response
- responsibility
- responsible
- responsibleness
- responsibly
- responsive
- responsively
- responsiveness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: respounden
- Root: respondre
- Root: respondō
- Root: respondeō

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

## AI Etymology
Respond comes from Middle English respounden, from Old French respondre, from Late Latin respondō, from Latin respondeō. Cf. Modern French répondre. Modern senses include to say or write something back; to reply. and to react to something with an action.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as autorespond, counterrespond, hyperrespond, mechanorespond, misrespond, and nonresponding and related forms such as react, responsa, response, and responsibility.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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