response
/ɹɪˈspɑns/ noun A2- An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply. · When pushed for an answer, she gave the stock response.
- The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question. · A ready response to questions about wrongdoing
- An oracular answer.
- A verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in sequence or reply to the priest or officiant.
- A versicle or anthem said or sung during or after a lection; a respond or responsory.
- A reply to an objection in formal disputation.
- An online advertising performance metric representing one click-through from an online ad to its destination URL.
- A reaction to a stimulus or provocation.
Plural responses
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“Oh, no,” was the tranquil response; “I am too fond of art to attempt anything of that sort.
Anne colored and laughed a little, as she dropped her book and looked dreamily out of the window, where big fat red buds were bursting out on the creeper in response to the lure of the spring sunshine.
Dantès endeavored to renew the subject; the abbé shook his head in token of disapproval, and refused to make any further response.
My friend knocked at the little rustic door, and knocked again without response.
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