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Noun response- has 6 senses
- response - a result; "this situation developed in response to events in Africa"
--1 is a kind of consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot
--1 has particulars: reaction
- reaction, response - 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"
--2 is a kind of bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
--2 has particulars: | | automatism; rebound; overreaction; galvanic skin response, GSR, psychogalvanic response, electrodermal response, electrical skin response, Fere phenomenon, Tarchanoff phenomenon; immune response, immune reaction, immunologic response; tropism; taxis; kinesis; double take; reflex, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction; learned reaction, learned response; passage, passing; answer; transfusion reaction |
- answer, reply, response - 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"
--3 is a kind of statement
--3 has particulars: rescript; feedback
- reception, response - the manner in which something is greeted; "she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors"
--4 is a kind of greeting, salutation
- response - a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister
--5 is a kind of phrase
- reply, response - the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; "he growled his reply"
--6 is a kind of speech act
--6 has particulars:
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