Our bodies respond to our feelings.
Source: tatoeba (23476)
Respond
//ɹɪˈspɒnd//
Synonyms for "respond" (134 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (40)
Related words (67)
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respond torespond to stimuliresponseretaliateretortreturnreturn answerreturn for answerreturn the complimentreverberateripostesaysay in defensesay in replyseesenseshareshoot backsmellsnap backspeak forspeak up forstand up forstick up forsupportsustainswapswitchsympathize withtake the baittalk backtastetouchtradetransposeupholdurge reasons for
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16 entrieshas context
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Translations
91 translations across 43 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- antwoord verb (to say something in return)
Albanian
1 entries- përgjigjem verb (to say something in return)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀποκρίνομαι verb (to say something in return)
Ao
2 entries- langzü verb (to say something in return)
- langzük verb (to say something in return)
Arabic
1 entries- أَجَابَ verb (to say something in return)
Asturian
2 entries- responder verb (to say something in return)
- responder verb (to act in return)
Bulgarian
3 entries- отговарям verb (to say something in return)
- отговарям verb (to correspond)
- реагирам verb (to act in return)
Burmese
1 entries- ထူး verb (to say something in return)
Catalan
1 entries- respondre verb (to say something in return)
Cebuano
1 entries- balos verb (to say something in return)
Danish
4 entries- korrespondere verb (to correspond)
- reagere verb (to act in return)
- svare verb (to say something in return)
- svare verb (to act in return)
Esperanto
1 entries- respondi verb (to say something in return)
Finnish
3 entries- vastata verb (to say something in return)
- vastata verb (to act in return)
- vastata verb (to correspond)
French
4 entries- répondre verb (to say something in return)
- répondre verb (to act in return)
- répondre verb (to correspond)
- répondre verb (to satisfy)
Friulian
1 entries- rispuindi verb (to say something in return)
Galician
3 entries- corresponder verb (to correspond)
- responder verb (to say something in return)
- responder verb (to act in return)
German
2 entries- antworten verb (to say something in return)
- reagieren verb (to act in return)
Greek
2 entries- ανταποκρίνομαι verb (to satisfy)
- απαντώ verb (to say something in return)
Italian
4 entries- corrispondere verb (to correspond)
- dare riscontro verb (to satisfy)
- rispondere verb (to say something in return)
- rispondere verb (to act in return)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- thò verb (to say something in return)
Korean
1 entries- 응답하다 verb (to say something in return)
Ladin
1 entries- respuender verb (to say something in return)
Latin
1 entries- respondeō verb (to say something in return)
Lithuanian
1 entries- atsiliepti verb (to say something in return)
Malay
1 entries- bertindak balas verb (to act in return)
Māori
4 entries- kātoitoi verb (to say something in return)
- tāoro verb (to say something in return)
- tāoro verb (to act in return)
- urupare verb (to say something in return)
Nahuatl
1 entries- nanquilia verb (to say something in return)
Norman
3 entries- èrpotchi verb (to say something in return)
- èrpotchi verb (to act in return)
- èrpotchi verb (to correspond)
Northern Sami
1 entries- vástidit verb (to say something in return)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- reagere verb (to act in return)
- svare verb (to act in return)
Occitan
1 entries- respondre verb (to say something in return)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- auntwuate verb (to say something in return)
Polish
4 entries- odpowiadać verb (to say something in return)
- odpowiadać verb (to act in return)
- odpowiadać verb (to correspond)
- odpowiedzieć verb (to say something in return)
Portuguese
2 entries- responder verb (to say something in return)
- responder verb (to act in return)
Romanian
1 entries- răspunde verb (to say something in return)
Romansch
1 entries- respunder verb (to say something in return)
Russian
2 entries- отве́тить verb (to say something in return)
- отвеча́ть verb (to say something in return)
Sardinian
1 entries- rispòndhere verb (to say something in return)
Sicilian
1 entries- rispùnniri verb (to say something in return)
Spanish
4 entries- responder verb (to say something in return)
- responder verb (to act in return)
- responder verb (to correspond)
- salirle al paso verb (to say something in return)
Swedish
1 entries- svara verb (to say something in return)
Tok Pisin
3 entries- bekim tok verb (to say something in return)
- bekim tok verb (to correspond)
- tok verb (to correspond)
Ukrainian
4 entries- відзива́тися verb (to act in return)
- відповіда́ти verb (to say something in return)
- відповіда́ти verb (to correspond)
- відповісти́ verb (to say something in return)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Child-care leave and time off to care for the aged are needed in order to respond to demographic changes now taking place in Japan.
Source: tatoeba (27879)
Please respond.
Source: tatoeba (64007)
You must respond at once to the letter.
Source: tatoeba (69959)
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