0 to say or do something as a reaction to something that has been said or done:
[ + speech ] To every question, he responded "I don't know."
He responded by marching off and slamming the door behind him.
How did she respond to the news?
[ + that ] When the tax office wrote to me demanding unpaid income tax, I responded that I had been working abroad since 1998.
The police respond to emergencies (= arrive and are ready to deal with emergencies) in just a few minutes.
It remains to be seen whether the cancer will respond to treatment.
For patients who do not respond to drug treatment, surgery is a possible option.
1 to say or do something as a reaction to something that has been said or done:
2 to say or do something as a reaction to something that has been done or has happened:
respond to sth Aid must double to respond to natural disasters.
respond by doing sth In focussing on carbon reduction, many companies respond by attempting relatively simple fixes.
3 to say or write something as a reaction to something that has been said or written, for example, a letter:
respond to sth I will need to respond to his email today.
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
