- response
- nounADJECTIVE▪ affirmative (esp. AmE), encouraging, enthusiastic, favourable/favorable, good, positive▪ lukewarm (esp. BrE), muted, tepid (esp. AmE)▪ poor▪ aggressive, angry, negative▪ adequate, appropriate, correct, proper, satisfactory▪ normal▪
This is a normal response to feeling abandoned.
▪ desired▪He was not getting the desired response from the audience.
▪ logical▪That's the only logical response.
▪ imaginative▪ sympathetic▪ individual, subjective▪ inadequate, inappropriate, incorrect▪incorrect responses in a multiple-choice test
▪ strong▪These images are likely to evoke a strong response in the viewer.
▪ direct▪ effective▪ prompt, quick, rapid▪ slow▪ automatic, immediate, instinctive, knee-jerk▪my knee-jerk response to the story
▪ measured, thoughtful▪ initial▪My initial response was one of anger.
▪ emergency▪ delayed▪his delayed response to the event
▪ public▪ official▪The World Bank has postponed an official response to the report.
▪ natural▪ rational▪ possible▪These are just a few of the possible responses to this question.
▪ behavioural/behavioral, conditioned, emotional, fight-or-flight, physiological▪ political▪ verbal, written▪ allergic, antibody, immune▪the immune response to viral infections
VERB + RESPONSE▪ give, make▪ formulate▪ get, have, receive▪Have you had any responses to the advertisement yet?
▪ bring forth, call forth, draw, elicit, evoke, generate, induce, produce, prompt, provoke, stimulate, trigger, yield▪His comments drew an angry response from the crowd.
▪ await, wait for▪ predict▪ mount▪The immune system springs into action to mount a response against the virus.
▪ exhibit, show▪Dawn showed no response at all.
▪ coordinate▪We'll coordinate emergency responses from now on.
▪ affect, influence▪ assess, examine, gauge, observe▪ post▪He has posted his response on the organization's website.
RESPONSE + NOUN▪ rate, time▪We sent out over 100 letters but the response rate was low (= few people replied).
PREPOSITION▪ in response (to)▪In response, she stormed out of the room.
▪ response from▪The response from local businesses has been muted.
▪ response to▪What was their response to the question?
PHRASES▪ (a) lack of response▪Due to lack of response we have had to cancel the event.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
