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(n)
An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
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(v)
(transitive, intransitive) To say something in return; to answer; to reply.
(transitive, intransitive) To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.
(intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something. To become determined to reach a certain goal or take a certain action.
A firm decision or an official decision.
(intransitive) To be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be adequate; to be good enough.
(auxiliary) A syntactic marker.
An act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.
response
(adj)
Answering, replying or responding
A person who responds to an emergency situation or other summons.
One who responds; one who replies.
An action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event.
To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
The quality or state of being responsive.
(transitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results.
Obliged, when called upon, to answer (for one’s deeds); answerable.
One who counts.
The act of correcting.
Something that explains or makes understandable.
(chiefly US, Canada) Of or pertaining to the imprisonment or rehabilitation of convicted criminals.
A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease.
(transitive, ditransitive) To convey by speech; to say.
(transitive) To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).
(transitive) To provide housing for.
(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
The act of contradicting something by making a contrary argument, or presenting contrary evidence.
(intransitive) To act in response.
One of a set of choices that can be made.
To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.
(transitive) To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform.
(transitive) To affirm or warrant the correctness or truth of (something); also, to affirm or warrant (the truth of an assertion or statement).
(transitive, intransitive) To adapt to something by more closely matching it, especially something normative.
(transitive) To meet the needs of, to fulfill the wishes or requirements of (someone).
A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place.
(intransitive) To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult.
Direction.
To join again; to unite after separation.
(transitive) To make whole or entire.
Suitable; proper
Aid; help; the act or result of assisting.
Agreement; harmony; conformity; compliance.
(transitive) To provide assistance to (someone or something).
To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
The act of making good or compensating for loss or injury.
(uncountable) Help; assistance; succor, relief.
A number, letter, or other mark that refers to the ability of something.
(often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
The act of submitting or giving e.g. a completed piece of work.
Violent or otherwise punitive response to an act of harm or perceived injustice; a hitting back; revenge.
(intransitive) To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront.
(intransitive, constructed with to) To be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.
A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
(transitive) To pronounce.
The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury.
An identification.
(countable) A competition.
That satisfies, gratifies or pleases; that removes any feeling of lack.
An exact copy.
The carrying out of a task; the time required to carry it out.
To bring or transport something to its destination.
(transitive, ergative) To make full
The act of refusing.
The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
(transitive) To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.
A municipality in Liège province, Belgium.
That has not been answered or addressed.
(heading) To do with a place or places.
(intransitive) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.
British standard spelling of fulfill.
A lid.
(sports, countable) A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football.
The process of keeping score in a sport or contest.
(sports) A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet (commonly called a "bout"), a baseball game, or a cricket match.
(ambitransitive) To provide with food, especially for a special occasion as a professional service.
A solution to all problems.
(personal) To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).
(anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.
A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
One who, or that which, replies.
The making of a correction.
A sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a comeback.
A quick response that involves disagreement or is witty, especially an answer to a question.
(figurative) A quick and usually witty response to a taunt.
A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity or underperformance.