Response | Mean of response in English Dictionary
/rɪˈspɑːns/
- Noun
- something that is said or written as a reply to something
- He got a response to his letter.
- I am writing in response to your letter of July 17.
- She asked him but he gave/made no response. [=he did not answer]
- something that is done as a reaction to something else
- When I told him my plan, I wasn't expecting such an enthusiastic response.
- Her response to their decision was to threaten to quit her job.
- The patient suffered an adverse response to the medication. [=the patient became worse after taking the medication]
- When you knocked on the door, was there any response?