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Sounds | rihspaa'ns; riyspaa'ns |
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Rhymes | ensconce, nonchalance, nuance, and 5 more rhymes in aans at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A result. |
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Examples | "this situation developed in response to events in Africa" |
Narrower | reaction |
Broader | consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot |
Meaning | A bodily process occurring due to the effect of some foregoing stimulus or agent. |
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Examples | "his responses have slowed with age" |
Synonyms | reaction |
Narrower | 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 |
Broader | bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity |
Meaning | A statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation. |
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Synonyms | answer, reply |
Narrower | rescript; feedback |
Broader | statement |
Meaning | The manner in which something is greeted. |
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Synonyms | reception |
Broader | greeting, salutation |
Meaning | A phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister. |
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Broader | phrase |
Adjectives | responsive |
Meaning | The speech act of continuing a conversational exchange. |
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Synonyms | reply |
Narrower | counterblast; non sequitur; rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter; echo; answer |
Broader | speech act |