answer, response, reply, rejoinder, retort mean something spoken, written, or done in return. answer implies the satisfying of a question, demand, call, or need.

RESPONSE meaning: 1. an answer or reaction: 2. any of the parts sung or said, in some religious ceremonies, by the…. Learn more.

Definition of response noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

RESPONSE definition: an answer or reply, as in words or in some action. See examples of response used in a sentence.

A reaction, as that of an organism or a mechanism, to a specific stimulus: a microphone's response to certain frequencies; response by the immune system to a pathogen.

Your response to an event or to something that is said is your reply or reaction to it.

A response is a reaction to a question, experience, or some other type of stimulus. If you cry at sad movies, you're having an emotional response to the drama that's taking place on the screen.

response, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

an action done as an answer to another action: [countable] a friendly response to his greeting. [uncountable] She nodded in response to his greeting. Biology behavior of a living thing due to a …

RESPONSE meaning: 1 : something that is said or written as a reply to something; 2 : something that is done as a reaction to something else