Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to respond
Participle: responded
Gerund: responding
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | respond |
| you | respond |
| he;she;it | responds |
| we | respond |
| you | respond |
| they | respond |
Perfect
| I | have responded |
| you | have responded |
| he;she;it | has responded |
| we | have responded |
| you | have responded |
| they | have responded |
Past
| I | responded |
| you | responded |
| he;she;it | responded |
| we | responded |
| you | responded |
| they | responded |
Pluperfect
| I | had responded |
| you | had responded |
| he;she;it | had responded |
| we | had responded |
| you | had responded |
| they | had responded |
Future
| I | will respond |
| you | will respond |
| he;she;it | will respond |
| we | will respond |
| you | will respond |
| they | will respond |
Future Perfect
| I | will have responded |
| you | will have responded |
| he;she;it | will have responded |
| we | will have responded |
| you | will have responded |
| they | will have responded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | respond |
| you | respond |
| he;she;it | respond |
| we | respond |
| you | respond |
| they | respond |
Perfect
| I | have responded |
| you | have responded |
| he;she;it | have responded |
| we | have responded |
| you | have responded |
| they | have responded |
Imperfect
| I | responded |
| you | responded |
| he;she;it | responded |
| we | responded |
| you | responded |
| they | responded |
Pluperfect
| I | had responded |
| you | had responded |
| he;she;it | had responded |
| we | had responded |
| you | had responded |
| they | had responded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would respond |
| you | would respond |
| he;she;it | would respond |
| we | would respond |
| you | would respond |
| they | would respond |
Perfect
| I | would have responded |
| you | would have responded |
| he;she;it | would have responded |
| we | would have responded |
| you | would have responded |
| they | would have responded |
Imperative
| you | respond |
| we | Let's respond |
| you | respond |
Verbs conjugated like 'respond'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'respond'
despond,
respend,
bespend,
despend,
rebond,
recond,
repone,
resand,
rescind,
resend,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to give written or spoken response
- answer, answer back, counter, react, rejoin, reply, retort, return
- answer
- react, rejoin, confirm, retort, return, reply, acknowledge
Antonyms
- answer
- question, query, interrogation, summons
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1300,
respound, from O.Fr.
respondere "respond, correspond," from L.
respondere "respond, answer to, promise in return," from
re- "back" +
spondere "to pledge" (see spondee). Modern spelling and pronunciation is from c.1600.
2. From Middle English respounden, from Old French respondre, from Late Latin respondō, from Latin respondeō. Cf. Modern French répondre. See: Old French '
respondre', Latin '
respondeō', French '
répondre'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] “ Lord have mercy on us ! ” with all the fervor of a camp-meeting; — while old Cudjoe, rubbing his eyes very hard with his cuffs, and making a most uncommon variety of wry faces, occasionally responded in the same key, with great fervor. Our senator was a statesman, and of course could not be expected to cry, like other mortals; and so he turned his back to the company, and looked out of the [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The boys addressed responded the invariable “ Yes, Mas’r, ” for ages the watchword of poor Africa; but it's to be owned they did not look particularly cheerful; they had their various little prejudices in favor of wives, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)