respond
pronunciation
How to pronounce respond in British English:
UK [rɪˈspɒnd]
How to pronounce respond in American English:
US [rɪˈspɑːnd]
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- Verb:
- show a response or a reaction to something
- reply or respond to
- respond favorably or as hoped
Word Origin
- respond
- respond: [16] Respond comes from Latin respondēre ‘promise in return’, a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘back’ and spondēre ‘promise’ (source of English sponsor, spouse, etc). The notion of ‘obligation’ survives in the derivative responsible [16]. The Italian descendant of respondēre is rispondere, whose feminine past participle risposta has given English riposte [18] (originally a fencing term).=> sponsor, spouse
- respond (v.)
- c. 1300, respound, from Old French respondere "respond, correspond," from Latin respondere "respond, answer to, promise in return," from re- "back" (see re-) + spondere "to pledge" (see spondee). Modern spelling and pronunciation is from c. 1600. Related: Responded; responding.
Synonym
Example
- 1. How will mr sarkozy respond ?
- 2. How does mr hollande respond ?
- 3. And how might iran respond ?
- 4. Entrepreneurs are scrambling to respond .
- 5. The chinese respond in kind .