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verb

respond

CEFR B1

show a response or a reaction to something

In a sentence

Six example sentences with respond, each labelled with its topic.

  • Some tumours respond to the first drug within weeks, while others need a combination that takes months to arrange.

    Medicine

  • Toddlers respond far more to a calm voice than to a loud one, even when the words are identical.

    Psychology

  • The server stopped responding to health checks at midnight, and the load balancer quietly moved traffic to the backup.

    Technology

  • The home team responded to the twelve-point deficit with a full-court press that produced five straight steals.

    Basketball

  • Markets responded to the rate announcement within seconds, and bank shares climbed four percent before the speech ended.

    Finance

  • Coral responds to warmer water by expelling its algae, which is why the reef turns white in a hot summer.

    Environment

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