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(v)
(transitive, intransitive) To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.
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(n)
A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
(intransitive) To act in response.
An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
The act of giving an answer.
(adj)
Answering, replying or responding
One who responds; one who replies.
To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
An action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event.
(intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something. To become determined to reach a certain goal or take a certain action.
Required to justify one's actions (to somebody); accountable, responsible.
The quality or state of being responsive.
Obliged, when called upon, to answer (for one’s deeds); answerable.
Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
(transitive or intransitive) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
One who counts.
(intransitive) To join in, to take part, to involve oneself (in something).
(intransitive) To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
(transitive) To modify.
Adjustment.
(transitive) To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to; to pay for as celebration or reward.
(ambitransitive) To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.
(transitive) To provide or serve as a remedy for.
(transitive) To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).
(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
(transitive) To exchange two things, with both parties giving one thing and taking another thing.
(transitive, ditransitive) To convey by speech; to say.
A spoken or written remark.
(intransitive, followed by "in") To have as a consequence; to lead to; to bring about
(transitive) To provide housing for.
(transitive) To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right.
Alternative form of counter-attack. [To attack in response to an attack by opponents.]
(transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.
(transitive) To carry out successfully; to accomplish.
(transitive) To direct or be in charge of.
Senses relating to caring for or waiting on someone, or accompanying or being present.
(transitive) To affirm or warrant the correctness or truth of (something); also, to affirm or warrant (the truth of an assertion or statement).
(transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
(intransitive) To plead on someone else's behalf.
(transitive) To create.
To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.
Direction.
To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform.
(transitive) To meet the needs of, to fulfill the wishes or requirements of (someone).
(intransitive) To become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action. [with in]
(transitive, intransitive) To adapt to something by more closely matching it, especially something normative.
To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.
The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.
Falling between two periods or events.
(intransitive) To agree or assent to a proposal or a view; to give way.
(transitive) To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
(transitive) To direct the attention of (someone toward something)
(intransitive) To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult.
(transitive) To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
(transitive) To have a contrary or opposing effect or force on someone or something.
To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
The act of making good or compensating for loss or injury.
(transitive) To make whole or entire.
(transitive) To be suitable for.
(of people) To engage in communication and other shared activities (with someone).
(transitive) To set in some sort of order.
To conclude or resolve (something):
(transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
(countable) The quantity of food or drink intended for one person in a single sitting; especially in relation to a meal.
(transitive) To think about seriously.
To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on.
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.
A process of putting a person's name and address on an item of mail
(intransitive) To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
(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 aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).
(ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
(transitive) To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
(transitive) To prove (something) to be false or incorrect.
(transitive) To help keep from falling.
Having been the audience for an address, speech or presentation.
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
(transitive) To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
(transitive) To pronounce.
(transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.
(intransitive) To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.
(intransitive) To be in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
Which causes fulfilment; emotionally or artistically satisfying.
To make a copy (replica) of.
That satisfies, gratifies or pleases; that removes any feeling of lack.
Uninterrupted.
A group of connected rooms, usually separable from other rooms by means of access.
To provide explanation.
In a state of satisfaction.
(transitive) To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty.
(of a person) Kind, sensitive, or empathetic.
To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.
(transitive) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
(intransitive) Of a sound or sound waves: to reflect off a surface and return; to reverberate or resound.
(transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.