response
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a result
this situation developed in response to events in Africa
Types & categories
Sense 2 noun
a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
a bad reaction to the medicine
Types & categories
- bodily process hypernym
- automatism hyponym
- rebound hyponym
- overreaction hyponym
- galvanic skin response hyponym
- immune response hyponym
- tropism hyponym
- taxis hyponym
- kinesis hyponym
- double take hyponym
- reflex hyponym
- learned reaction hyponym
- passing hyponym
- answer hyponym
- transfusion reaction hyponym
Related & opposite
- react derivation
Sense 3 noun
a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
I waited several days for his answer
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- answer derivation
Sense 4 noun
the manner in which something is greeted
she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors
Types & categories
- greeting hypernym
Related & opposite
- receptionist derivation
Sense 5 noun
a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister
Types & categories
- phrase hypernym
Sense 6 noun
the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
he growled his reply
Types & categories
- speech act hypernym
- counterblast hyponym
- non sequitur hyponym
- comeback hyponym
- echo hyponym
- answer hyponym
Related & opposite
- answer derivation
Sense 7 noun
the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals
Types & categories
- way hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | effect |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reaction |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | react |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | bodily process |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | automatism |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rebound |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | overreaction |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | galvanic skin response |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | immune response |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tropism |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | taxis |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | kinesis |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | double take |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | reflex |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | learned reaction |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | passing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | answer |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | transfusion reaction |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | answer |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | statement |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rescript |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | feedback |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | receptionist |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | greeting |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | phrase |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | answer |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | speech act |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | counterblast |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | non sequitur |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | comeback |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | echo |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | answer |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | way |