Kilo Lingo

/rɪˈspɒns/

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Translation

What you say or do after someone asks you something or something happens.

Word origin

From Latin respondere, to answer, from re, back, and spondere, to promise.

Origin
Latin
Root
respondere
English cognates
respond, responsible

Grammar

Gender
Pluralresponses

Examples

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A "response" is an answer to a message or question.

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Here "response" means how she reacted to what happened.

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"In response to" is a formal way to say as an answer to.

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This word is part of lesson 48.