Response : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Response	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Response
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
response n a result; "this situation developed in response to events in Africa" a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age" Synonym(s): reaction, response a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation; "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics" Synonym(s): answer, reply, response the manner in which something is greeted; "she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors" Synonym(s): reception, response a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; "he growled his reply" Synonym(s): reply, response the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Response \Response"\ (r?sp?ns"), n. [OF. response, respons, F. r[82]ponse, from L. responsum, from respondere. See {Respond}.] 1. The act of responding. 2. An answer or reply. Specifically: (a) Reply to an objection in formal disputation. --I. Watts. (b) (Eccl.) The answer of the people or congregation to the priest or clergyman, in the litany and other parts of divine service. (c) (R.C.Ch.) A kind of anthem sung after the lessons of matins and some other parts of the office. (d) (Mus.) A repetition of the given subject in a fugue by another part on the fifth above or fourth below. --Busby.