verb · neutral
respond
UK/rɪˈspɒnd/US/rɪˈspɑːnd/re·SPOND
Band 7+task1task2speaking
to reply or react to something
Examples
“Only half of participants responded to the survey invitation.”
“Plants respond differently to changes in temperature.”
“How did the company respond to the customer complaints?”
Band 8 sentence
“The immune system responds to pathogens in a coordinated manner, involving multiple types of cells.”
Collocations
- respond to
- respond positively
- respond quickly
Word family
response nounresponsive adjective
Common mistakes
respond with→respond to
response (verb)→respond
Say it for a higher band
5reply→6react→7+respond
Synonyms
reply
react
Easily confused
reply
“Please reply to my email by Friday.”
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