Associations to the word «Respond»

Wiktionary

RESPOND, verb. (transitive) (intransitive) To say something in return; to answer; to reply.
RESPOND, verb. (intransitive) To act in return; to exhibit some action or effect in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response; to accord.
RESPOND, verb. (ambitransitive) To correspond with; to suit.
RESPOND, verb. (transitive) To satisfy; to answer.
RESPOND, noun. A response.
RESPOND, noun. A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.
RESPOND, noun. (architecture) A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost of an arch.

Dictionary definition

RESPOND, verb. Show a response or a reaction to something.
RESPOND, verb. React verbally; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation".
RESPOND, verb. Respond favorably or as hoped; "The cancer responded to the aggressive therapy".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn