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Meaning of respond

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

respond

noun

Definitions

  1. A response.

  2. A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.

  3. A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost of an arch.

verb

Definitions

  1. To say something in return; to answer; to reply.

    Example: to respond to a question or an argument

  2. To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response.

  3. To correspond with; to suit.

  4. To satisfy; to answer.

    Example: The prisoner was held to respond the judgment of the court.