response

Definition

  • noun: something that is said or written as a reply to something
  • noun: an act of 'responding'
  • synonyms: agnus dei, benedicite, esp

Examples

  • The patient suffered an adverse 'response' to the medication. [=the patient became worse after taking the medication]

  • When I told him my plan, I wasn't expecting such an enthusiastic 'response'.

  • She asked him but he 'gave/made no response'. [=he did not answer]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) You afraid? No, but-- Shh. Oh, good. Me neither. 'Cause there's nothin' wrong with bein' afraid. Fear's a sensible response to an unfamiliar situation. Unfamiliar dangerous situation, I might add. With a dragon that breathes fiire and eats knights and breathes fiire, (..)
    2001 Shrek