respondとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• 韻: -ɒnd

Noun

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈspɒnd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈspɑnd/

Verb

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈspɒnd/, /ˈɹiːˌspɒnd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈspɑnd/

動詞

respond (三人称単数 現在形 responds, 現在分詞 responding, 過去形および過去分詞形 responded)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To say something in return; to answer; to reply.

   to respond to a question or an argument

2. (intransitive) To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response.
   • 2012 January 1, Robert M. Pringle, “How to Be Manipulative”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 1, page 31:

     As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.

3. (transitive, intransitive) To correspond with; to suit.
   • 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, OCLC 940138160:

     For his great deeds respond his speeches great.

4. (transitive) To satisfy; to answer.

   The prisoner was held to respond the judgment of the court.

5. (intransitive) To be liable for payment.

派生語

• responder
• responsive