respond to

respond to someone or something

1. to answer someone or something. Would you please respond to me? When are you going to respond to my letter?

2. to react to someone or something. You have heard his presentation. How would you respond to him? I need you to respond to the points in the report by the end of the day. The police responded right away to the riot call.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sjarel	SHAH-rəl	Limburgish
Baak	-	Frisian
Burrows	['bʌrəuz]
Ans	AHNS	Dutch
FechÍN	FE-kheen	Irish
Regina	rə-JEEN-ə (English), rə-GEEN-ə (English), rə-JIEN-ə (English), re-GEE-nah (German, Polish), re-JEE-nah (Italian), RE-gee-naw (Hungarian)	English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Swedish, Norweg