response
noun
1 response
A result.
Roget 888:
friendship,
amity;
friendliness
etc.
adj.;
brotherhood,
fraternity,
sodality,
confraternity;
harmony
etc.
(concord)
714;
peace
etc.
721.
firm friendship,
staunch friendship,
intimate friendship,
familiar friendship,
bosom friendship,
cordial friendship,
tried friendship,
devoted friendship,
lasting friendship,
fast friendship,
sincere friendship,
warm friendship,
ardent friendship.
cordiality,
fraternization,
entente cordiale [Fr.],
good understanding,
rapprochement,
sympathy,
fellow-feeling,
response,
welcomeness.
affection
etc.
(love)
897;
favoritism;
good will
etc.
(benevolence)
906.
acquaintance,
familiarity,
intimacy,
intercourse,
fellowship,
knowledge of;
introduction.
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Roget 990:
worship,
adoration,
devotion,
aspiration,
homage,
service,
humiliation;
kneeling,
genuflection,
prostration.
prayer,
invocation,
supplication,
rogation,
intercession,
orison,
holy breathing;
petition
etc.
(request)
765;
collect,
litany,
Lord's prayer,
paternoster [Lat.];
beadroll†;
latria†,
dulia†,
hyperdulia†,
vigils;
revival;
cult;
anxious meeting,
camp meeting;
ebenezer,
virginal.
thanksgiving;
giving thanks,
returning thanks;
grace,
praise,
glorification,
benediction,
doxology,
hosanna;
hallelujah,
allelujah†;
Te Deum [Lat.],
non nobis Domine [Lat.],
nunc dimittis [Lat.];
paean;
benschen [G.];
Ave Maria,
O Salutaris,
Sanctus [Lat.],
The Annunciation,
Tersanctus,
Trisagion.
psalm,
psalmody;
hymn,
plain song,
chant,
chaunt,
response,
anthem,
motet;
antiphon†,
antiphony.
oblation,
sacrifice,
incense,
libation;
burnt offering,
heave offering,
votive offering;
offertory.
discipline;
self-discipline,
self-examination,
self-denial;
fasting.
divine service,
office,
duty;
exercises;
morning prayer;
mass,
matins,
evensong,
vespers;
undernsong†,
tierce†;
holyday
etc.
(rites)
998.
worshipper,
congregation,
communicant,
celebrant.
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Roget 821:
feeling;
suffering
etc.
v.;
endurance,
tolerance,
sufferance,
supportance†,
experience,
response;
sympathy
etc.
(love)
897;
impression,
inspiration,
affection,
sensation,
emotion,
pathos,
deep sense.
warmth,
glow,
unction,
gusto,
vehemence;
fervor,
fervency;
heartiness,
cordiality;
earnestness,
eagerness;
empressement [Fr.],
gush,
ardor,
zeal,
passion,
enthusiasm,
verve,
furore†,
fanaticism;
excitation of feeling
etc.
824;
fullness of the heart
etc.
(disposition)
820;
passion
etc.
(state of excitability)
825;
ecstasy
etc.
(pleasure)
827.
blush,
suffusion,
flush;
hectic;
tingling,
thrill,
turn,
shock;
agitation
etc.
(irregular motion)
315;
quiver,
heaving,
flutter,
flurry,
fluster,
twitter,
tremor;
throb,
throbbing;
pulsation,
palpitation,
panting;
trepidation,
perturbation;
ruffle,
hurry of spirits,
pother,
stew,
ferment;
state of excitement.
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Roget 714:
concord,
accord,
harmony,
symphony;
homologue;
agreement
etc.
23;
sympathy,
empathy
etc.
(love)
897;
response;
union,
unison,
unity;
bonds of harmony;
peace
etc.
721;
unanimity
etc.
(assent)
488;
league
etc.
712;
happy family.
rapprochement;
reunion;
amity
etc.
(friendship)
888;
alliance,
entente cordiale [Fr.],
good understanding,
conciliation,
peacemaker;
intercessor,
mediator.
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2 response
A bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent:
— His responses have slowed with age.
synonym: reaction.
Dutch: reactie
Polish: reakcja
3 response
A statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation.
synonyms: answer, reply.
Roget 462:
answer,
response,
reply,
replication,
riposte,
rejoinder,
surrejoinder†,
rebutter,
surrebutter†,
retort,
repartee;
rescript,
rescription†;
antiphon†,
antiphony;
acknowledgment;
password;
echo;
counter statement.
discovery
etc.
480.1;
solution
etc.
(explanation)
522;
rationale
etc.
(cause)
153;
clue
etc.
(indication)
550.
Oedipus;
oracle
etc.
513;
return
etc.
(record)
551.
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Dutch: respons, antwoord
Polish: oddźwięk, odpowiedź, odzew, odrzeczenie, respons, reakcja
4 response
The manner in which something is greeted.
synonym: reception.
Polish: odbiór, recepcja
5 response
A phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister.
6 response
The speech act of continuing a conversational exchange.
synonym: reply.
Dutch: bescheid, uitsluitsel
7 response
The manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals.
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