response
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(noun) a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister |
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Related Words: phrase |
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(noun) a result; "this situation developed in response to events in Africa" |
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Related Words: consequence, effect, issue, outcome, reaction, result, upshot |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: reaction |
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Related Words: activity, answer, automatism, bodily function, bodily process, body process, double take, immune reaction, immune response, immunologic response, kinesis, learned reaction, learned response, overreaction, passage, passing, physiological reaction, rebound, reflex, taxis, tropism |
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(noun) the manner in which something is greeted; "she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors" |
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Synonyms: reception |
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Related Words: greeting, salutation |
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(noun) the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; "he growled his reply" |
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Synonyms: reply |
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Related Words: answer, comeback, counterblast, echo, non sequitur, rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, speech act |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: answer, reply |
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Related Words: feedback, rescript, statement |
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