noun
Meaning 1
One who responds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
responder
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈspɒndə/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɹəˈspɒndə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Canada, General-American: /ɹɪˈspɑndɚ/
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Canada, General-American: /ɹəˈspɑndɚ/
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Australian: /ɹɪˈspɔndə/
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CMU ARPABET: R IH0 S P AA1 N D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A person who responds to an emergency situation or other summons.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 911 responders arrived at the scene within five minutes after the call.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
someone who responds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: respondent, answerer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: communicator
Narrower terms: assenter, hedger, equivocator, tergiversator, interviewee, testee, examinee
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English respond Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English responder From respond + -er.
Real reading context