Collocations for "response"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "response" in context.
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response
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [swift, quick, timely, long, brief, detailed] response
- a [sarcastic, rude, curt, helpful, clear, friendly] response
- an [automatic, emergency] response
- the [company's, government's, student's] response (to)
- sent (you) my response [yesterday]
- will send (you) my response [tomorrow, as soon as possible]
- [wrote, gave, offered] a response
- [mumbled, uttered, whispered] a response (under his breath)
- the [senator, director] nodded a response
- [nodded, shook her head] in response
- what he [said, wrote] in response (to)
- in response to (the) [accusations, rumors, news, article]
- what is your response (to the question)?
- would appreciate an honest response
- a response to your [message, inquiry, question, email, attack]
- [improve, reduce, better] the response [time, rates]
- quick response [methods, manufacturing]
- the response team
- rapid response unit
'response' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
abrupt
- accepted
- adamant
- angry
- apparently
- arrest
- arrogant
- belated
- calling
- callous
- cheeky
- childish
- chorus
- comment
- considered
- constrained
- cool
- couch
- coy
- craft
- crisp
- cunning
- delayed
- direct
- draft
- elicit
- emergency
- emotional
- enthusiastic
- evoke
- frank
- further
- generate
- haphazard
- happening
- hoax
- immediate
- inappropriate
- incident
- indictment
- judge
- laugh
- leave
- limit
- lukewarm
- measured
- meek
- merit
- muster
- narrative