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01. You must [respond] to our offer within 30 days or it will be withdrawn.
02. Most of the [respondents] to the opinion poll were between the ages of 20 and 25.
03. The rioters [responded] to police demands to disperse with rocks and bottles.
04. Have you received any [response] to your request for a raise?
05. Celebrities generally receive so much fan mail that it is impossible to [respond] to each and every letter personally.
06. The United Nations has called for an immediate international [response] to the request for food and clothing for victims of the earthquake.
07. When I asked her why she was late, she [responded] that it was none of my business.
08. Marty Indik once observed that confusion is always the most honest [response].
09. We haven't received many [responses] to the questionnaire we sent out.
10. Our [response] to the controversial social issues of our time will determine our future.
11. Children are [responsive] to parental influence partly because they are dependent on their parents' love and approval.
12. Auto Magazine praised the car's [responsive] handling, saying that it was a family car that felt like a sports car.
13. In [response] to Indian nuclear weapons testing, Pakistan conducted its own tests in 1998.
14. Mildred Bethel once observed that happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic [response].
15. Studies show that [responses] are strengthened when followed by a satisfying consequence.
16. Psychologists describe learning as a relatively permanent change in behavior or potential to [respond] that results from experience.
17. When I tried to make up with my girlfriend, she was very cold and [unresponsive]. I think our relationship is over.
18. Management has been totally [unresponsive] in dealing with our concerns.
19. The woman divorced the [respondent] on the grounds of adultery.
20. Although he is a big star, he still personally [responds] to all of his fan mail.
21. Her doctor says that she is [responding] well to treatment and may be released from hospital within a week.
22. The brain can be compared to an immense computer that processes information and then arrives at an appropriate [response].
23. The early migrations of man were largely an account of his [response] to the changing environment of the ice age.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • respond — re‧spond [rɪˈspɒnd ǁ rɪˈspɑːnd] verb [intransitive] 1. to react to something that has happened: • The company responded aggressively by selling market rate investments. respond to • Overseas exchanges can t respond as quickly as Wall Street to… …   Financial and business terms

  • Respond — Re*spond (r?*sp?nd ), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Responded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Responding}.] [OF. respondre, F. r[ e]pondre, fr. L. respondere, responsum; pref. re re + spondere to promise. See {Sponsor}.] 1. To say somethin in return; to answer; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • respond — c.1300, respound, from O.Fr. respondere respond, correspond, from L. respondere respond, answer to, promise in return, from re back + spondere to pledge (see SPONDEE (Cf. spondee)). Modern spelling and pronunciation is from c.1600 …   Etymology dictionary

  • Respond — Re*spond , v. t. 1. To answer; to reply. [1913 Webster] 2. To suit or accord with; to correspond to. [R.] [1913 Webster] For his great deeds respond his speeches great. Fairfax. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • respond — I verb acknowledge, answer, counterclaim, debate, discuss, exchange opinions, explain, give an answer, join issue, make a rejoinder, parry, plead, provide an answer, react, rebut, rejoin, reply, retort, return an answer II index answer (reply),… …   Law dictionary

  • Respond — Re*spond , n. 1. An answer; a response. [R.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Eccl.) A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter. [1913 Webster] 3. (Arch.) A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an arch. Oxf. Gloss. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • respond — *answer, reply, rejoin, retort Analogous words: react, behave, +act Contrasted words: stimulate, excite, quicken (see PROVOKE) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • respond — [v] act in answer to something acknowledge, act in response, answer, answer back, behave, be in touch with, come back, come back at, come in, counter, feedback, feel for, field the question*, get back to*, get in touch, react, reciprocate, rejoin …   New thesaurus

  • respond — ► VERB ▪ say or do something in reply or as a reaction. DERIVATIVES responder noun. ORIGIN Latin respondere answer, offer in return …   English terms dictionary

  • respond — [ri spänd′] vi. [ME responden < OFr respondre < L respondere < re , back + spondere, to pledge: see SPONSOR] 1. to answer; reply 2. to act in return, as if in answer 3. to have a positive or favorable reaction [an infection that… …   English World dictionary

  • respond — verb 1 react ADVERB ▪ immediately, instantly ▪ promptly, quickly, rapidly, swiftly ▪ slowly ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

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