# response

Pronunciation: say "ri-SPONS" US /ɹɪˈspɑns/, UK /ɹɪˈspɒns/

## Noun

1. An answer or reply, or something said or done as a reaction to something, as in 'in response to'.
   - Simple: Something you say or do to answer or react to something.
   - _The minister's written response addressed every concern raised._
   - _His one-word response told us everything we needed to know._
2. A reaction produced by a stimulus or provocation.
   - Simple: A reaction of your body or mind to something that happens to you.
   - _The drug triggered an immune response within hours._
   - _Pulling your hand from a hot stove is an automatic response._
3. In a church service, words said or sung by the congregation or choir in answer to the priest or after a reading from scripture.
   - Simple: In church, words that people say or sing back to the priest, or after a reading.
   - _The choir sang the response as the priest finished the prayer._
   - _Worshippers recited the familiar response in unison._

## Other meanings

- (noun) A web advertising metric counting one click-through from an online ad to its destination page.

## Origin

The word comes through Middle English respounse and Old French respons from Latin respōnsum, a noun use of the participle of respondeō, formed from re- ("again") plus spondeō ("promise"). It is a doublet of responsum.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/response (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).