respond
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Respond is part of the Academic Word List. It is important for students in college and university.
Pronunciation[change]
Verb[change]
Plain form |
Third-person singular |
Past tense |
Past participle |
Present participle |
- (intransitive) If you respond to something or someone, you do something in reaction to it.
- I try to respond to emails as soon as I get them.
- We sent a message to them two weeks ago, but nobody has responded so far.
- The police responded forcefully to the problems.