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# respond

verb (respond, responds, responded, responding); noun response

«respond» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To respond means to answer, by speaking or writing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respond/#m1)
2. To respond means to react to something by doing something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respond/#m2)
3. To respond to treatment means to start getting better. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respond/#m3)

### In the lessons

In class: respond to a question, respond to a story in a reading response. Science: living things respond to their surroundings — plants respond to light, our pupils respond to bright light. Safety: emergency services respond to calls. Phrases: respond to, respond quickly, respond well.

### Examples

- Please respond to the email. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respond/#x1)
- Plants respond to light by growing towards it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respond/#x2)
- The firefighters responded to the call in minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respond/#x3)
- She didn't respond when I called her name. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respond/#x4)
- The patient is responding well to the medicine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respond/#x5)
- How did the character respond to the bad news? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respond/#x6)
- "Yes, sir," responded Charley, gravely, "dat's so." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respond/#x7)

### Note

Always «respond to» something: «respond to the question», not «respond the question». Noun: response. Responsive = quick to react.

## In Jewish tradition

In Hosea it means to answer: God answers the heavens, which answer the earth, which answers the grain, wine and oil, and they answer Jezreel.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads this chain as a picture of Israel's renewal, where each part of creation answers the next and all of it comes from God's mercy.

### Examples

- And the earth shall respond to the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall respond to Jezreel. (Prophets HOS.2.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/respond/#x1)
- And it shall come to pass in that day, I will respond, saith the LORD, I will respond to the heavens, and they shall respond to the earth; (Prophets HOS.2.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/respond/#x2)
- Ephraim shall say: 'What have I to do any more with idols?' As for Me, I respond and look on him; I am like a leafy cypress-tree; from Me is thy fruit found. (Prophets HOS.14.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/respond/#x3)

### Note

Always «respond to» something: «respond to the question», not «respond the question». Noun: response. Responsive = quick to react.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «respond» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respond/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«respond» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/respond.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «respond» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/respond/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«respond» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/respond.html) on Mova free.