Hypertext Webster Gateway: "response"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Response \Re*sponse"\ (r?*sp?ns"), n. [OF. response, respons, F.
r['e]ponse, from L. responsum, from respondere. See
{Respond}.]
1. The act of responding.
2. An answer or reply. Specifically:
(a) Reply to an objection in formal disputation. --I.
Watts.
(b) (Eccl.) The answer of the people or congregation to
the priest or clergyman, in the litany and other parts
of divine service.
(c) (R.C.Ch.) A kind of anthem sung after the lessons of
matins and some other parts of the office.
(d) (Mus.) A repetition of the given subject in a fugue by
another part on the fifth above or fourth below.
--Busby.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
response
n 1: a result; "this situation developed in response to events in
Africa"
2: a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some
foregoing stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the
medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age" [syn: {reaction}]
3: a statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply
to a question or request or criticism or accusation; "I
waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to
several of his critics" [syn: {answer}, {reply}]
4: the manner in which something is greeted; "she did not
expect the cold reception she received from her superiors"
[syn: {reception}]
5: a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a
versicle by the priest or minister
6: the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; "he
growled his reply" [syn: {reply}]
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