responder

English · Español · Português

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

responder

/ɹɪˈspɒndə/ UK
/ɹəˈspɒndə/ UK
/ɹɪˈspɑndɚ/ Canada, US
/ɹəˈspɑndɚ/ Canada, US
/ɹɪˈspɔndə/ Australia

noun responders

One who responds. As Levinson (1983: 334) points out, signs of dispreference in turn taking include: (a) Delays: notably a pause, or a time gap, before the responder replies to the preceding turn […]
A person who responds to an emergency situation or other summons. 911 responders arrived at the scene within five minutes after the call.

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"responder." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/responder. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

responder. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/responder

Chicago

"responder." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/responder.

BibTeX

@misc{responder_2026,
  title = {responder},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/responder},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}