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response

A response is some words or actions that happen as a reaction to something else. We sent a message to them two weeks ago, but there has been no response so far. The police response to these problems has been slow and weak. In psychology, a response is a behavior which occurs after a stimulus.

response

a result this situation developed in response to events in Africa (= reaction) a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent a bad reaction to the medicine his responses have slowed with age (= answer, reply) a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to 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 (= reception) the manner in which something is greeted she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals (= reply) the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange he growled his reply

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Simple sentences

The most instinctive act of nearly every creature is to protect its young, and with humans, this response persists for a lifetime.
There was no response to my question.
She made no response to my question.
Our proposals met with little response.
I have come in response to your ad in the paper.
He nodded in response to my question.
She nodded in response to my question.
He made no response.
He immediately sought a response.
Tom's response was immediate.
I'm sorry for the late response.
Thank you very much for the very detailed response.
We are still shocked by what has hit us, but we will never give up our values. Our response is more democracy, more openness, more humanity.
The candidate made a quick response to the criticism.
On the political level the response was the nationalist and fundamentalist revolt of the Maccabees.
His response was contrary to our expectations.
I'm sorry for my late response.
After a long wait for a response, all the changes were introduced.
I'm waiting for his response.

Movie subtitles

When you finally managed to lure Scarlett into the ballroom, I imagine it all came as something of a reflex response.
That letter is a response to a tentative feeler sent out by you.
Any response?
Have I permission to bring evidence of the response from my state?
I don't approve of your not consulting the advertising department but with this tremendous response on the part of the public I can't be angry with you.
Never in my entire career have I seen such an immediate response to a merchandising policy.
That's lack of emotional response.
What do you have to say in response?
And what was my beautiful wife's response to the bandit in front of her helpless husband?
We're thrilled at your response to The Royal Rascal.
In response to the public outcry, the government is attempting to get rid of the monster known as Godzilla.
Well, it started-- for me, it started last Thursday. in response to an urgent message from my nurse.
She gave a cheeky response to Mademoiselle Aubert.
Moment but wait: a response I will proffer.
Elevating emotions over simple logic, that is a human response.
Any response? Very little.
This response is from the Occupation Authority.
I will ignore your question as if it is unworthy of a response.
I'm sure this ludicrous response was not premeditated.
No response from Suraya.
And now, perhaps, I may get some response. from that high-and-mighty lord. who makes his blade a tool for butchery!
Well, it started. for me, it started last Thursday. in response to an urgent message from my nurse.
There's no response from this board at all.
I'm gonna apply bilateral carotid sinus massage, triggering a vasovagal response.
HUH. SOMETIMES THE, UH, PROCEDURE PRODUCES A FIGHT-OR-FLIGHT RESPONSE.
One hour after the move against the American outposts, Ambassador Nomura and Special Envoy Kurusu were in Secretary of State Hull's offiice handing him the Japanese response to President Roosevelt's offer.
Don't say anyting in response. What's done is done.
I don't hold anything against you, except perhaps the rather sharp tone of your response.
Still no response!
Still no response.
Do you know the response of acolyte?
The response of the acolyte.
For a time we tried to contact them by radio, but no response.

News and current affairs

Despite the dedicated efforts of many professionals, the response to the hunger crisis remains utterly inadequate.
And, as we have seen in many countries' efforts to ameliorate the crisis, the non-cooperative protectionist response is much more likely to be adopted - despite wide recognition that it is highly destructive - when aggregate demand is in short supply.
What is surprising is that this aggressive behavior occurred in response to no visible danger.
Faced with a new EU initiative, our traditional response has often been to oppose it, vote against it, lose the vote, then sulkily to adopt it while blaming everyone else.
The response - massive spending cuts - ensures that unacceptably high levels of unemployment (a vast waste of resources and an oversupply of suffering) will continue, possibly for years.
George W. Bush is obsessed with the war on terrorism, especially with the military response to terrorism.
Focusing on terrorism to the exclusion of other issues, and emphasizing the military response to it, will not bring prosperity and peace, or even a significant reduction in the number of attacks.
Both EU and NATO membership make war among European member states unthinkable, and an attack on even the smallest NATO member would bring a response from all NATO members.
EU membership and the global war on terror, however, demand a more deeply considered response.
Given the magnitude of the threat to the world's coral reefs, the international community's response has been frighteningly slow.
Another reason for cynicism is that the G-7 didn't move mainly on their own initiative, but rather in response to a growing cry of international civil society for action on behalf of the world's poorest.
The first concerns the market response.
In response, the World Bank agreed that there are instances of abuse in land acquisition, particularly in developing countries in which governance is weak, and said that it supported more transparent and inclusive participation.
When I asked one CEO whether there was any discussion of returning their bonuses, the response was not just no, but an aggressive defense of the bonus system.
These countries have appealed to the World Bank for financing, and the Bank made a valiant effort in 2008 to help through its new Global Food Crisis Response Program (GFCRP).
What is surprising is that this aggressive behavior occurred in response to no visible danger. Oil prices are soaring, as are Putin's approval ratings.
There is also a little more confidence in the government's response and in financial regulation than there was at the end of last year.
And it was the foreign press that detailed the parallel failure of the United Nations, whose agents were on the ground but whose inability to call genocide by its proper name led to a comatose response.
The African media's response to the massacres and rapes in Darfur has been equally muted.
An internal review panel studying what went wrong in the UN system's response to Sri Lanka, commissioned by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and headed by the distinguished diplomat Charles Petrie, is due to report to Ban next month.
We are convinced that there are moments when exemplary civic engagement, such as Liu's, requires an exemplary response.

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