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English noun: response | |||
| 1. | response (phenomenon) a result | ||
| Samples | This situation developed in response to events in Africa. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | reaction | ||
| 2. | response (act) a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent | ||
| Samples | A bad reaction to the medicine. His responses have slowed with age. | ||
| Synonyms | reaction | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | answer, automatism, double take, electrical skin response, electrodermal response, Fere phenomenon, galvanic skin response, GSR, immune reaction, immune response, immunologic response, inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, kinesis, learned reaction, learned response, overreaction, passage, passing, physiological reaction, psychogalvanic response, rebound, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, Tarchanoff phenomenon, taxis, transfusion reaction, tropism, unconditioned reflex | ||
| 3. | response (communication) a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation | ||
| Samples | I waited several days for his answer. He wrote replies to several of his critics. | ||
| Synonyms | answer, reply | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | statement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | feedback, rescript | ||
| 4. | response (communication) the manner in which something is greeted | ||
| Samples | She did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors. | ||
| Synonyms | reception | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | greeting, salutation | ||
| 5. | response (communication) a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | phrase | ||
| 6. | response (communication) the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange | ||
| Samples | He growled his reply. | ||
| Synonyms | reply | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | speech act | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | answer, comeback, counter, counterblast, echo, non sequitur, rejoinder, replication, retort, return, riposte | ||
| 7. | response (attribute) the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fashion, manner, mode, style, way | ||
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