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PRONUNCIATION OF FLEXIBLE RESPONSE

flexible response  [ˈflɛksɪb əl rɪˈspɒns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLEXIBLE RESPONSE

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Flexible response is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FLEXIBLE RESPONSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

flexible response

Flexible response

Flexible response was a defense strategy implemented by John F. Kennedy in 1961 to address the Kennedy administration's skepticism of Dwight Eisenhower's New Look and its policy of Massive Retaliation. Flexible response calls for mutual deterrence at strategic, tactical, and conventional levels, giving the United States the capability to respond to aggression across the spectrum of warfare, not limited only to nuclear arms.

Definition of flexible response in the English dictionary

The definition of flexible response in the dictionary is a military strategy that enables the response to an attack to be adapted to the nature and strength of the attack.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FLEXIBLE RESPONSE


asconce
əˈskɒns
attonce
əˈtɒns
bonce
bɒns
counterresponse
ˈkaʊntərɪˌspɒns
ensconce
ɪnˈskɒns
insconce
ɪnˈskɒns
Johns
dʒɒns
nonce
nɒns
nonresponse
ˌnɒnrɪˈspɒns
patonce
pəˈtɒns
pig-sconce
ˈpɪɡˌskɒns
ponce
pɒns
response
rɪˈspɒns
sconce
skɒns
sonce
sɒns
vraisemblance
ˌvreɪsɒmˈblɒns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLEXIBLE RESPONSE

flex-fuel
flex-wing
flexagon
flexecutive
flexi
flexibility
flexible
flexible disk
flexibleness
flexibly
flexicurities
flexicurity
flexihours
flexile
flexion
flexional
flexionless
flexitarian
flexitarianism
flexitime

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLEXIBLE RESPONSE

audio response
bass response
call-and-response
conditioned response
defense
dense
expense
galvanic skin response
immune response
intense
license
make sense
offense
Ourense
psychogalvanic response
quick response
sense
suspense
unconditioned response
voice response

Synonyms and antonyms of flexible response in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «flexible response» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLEXIBLE RESPONSE

Find out the translation of flexible response to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of flexible response from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flexible response» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

灵活应对
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

respuesta flexible
570 millions of speakers

English

flexible response
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लचीला प्रतिक्रिया
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

استجابة مرنة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гибкого реагирования
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

resposta flexível
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নমনীয় প্রতিক্রিয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

riposte graduée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tindak balas fleksibel
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

flexible Reaktion
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

柔軟な対応
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유연한 대응
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Respon fleksibel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phản ứng linh hoạt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நெகிழ்வான பதில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लवचिक प्रतिसाद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Esnek cevap
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

risposta flessibile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

elastyczne reagowanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гнучкого реагування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

răspuns flexibil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ευέλικτη ανταπόκριση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

buigsame reaksie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flexibel anpassning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fleksibel respons
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flexible response

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLEXIBLE RESPONSE»

The term «flexible response» is normally little used and occupies the 120.433 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLEXIBLE RESPONSE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «flexible response» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «flexible response» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about flexible response

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLEXIBLE RESPONSE»

Discover the use of flexible response in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flexible response and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Denmark and National Liberation in Southern Africa: A ...
The book describes and documents the development of Danish support to national liberation in Southern Africa and the two-sided humanitarian and political character of the support.
Christopher Munthe Morgenstierne, 2003
2
Conventional Forces and the NATO Strategy of Flexible ...
Concern has grown in recent years about Europe's dependence on nuclear weapons for its security.
Roger L. L. Facer, 1984
3
Theater nuclear weapons and the NATO strategy of flexible ...
After more than a decade of comparatively little public interest in matters of nuclear strategy, the last few years have seen a resurgence of concern about the policy of nuclear deterrence that the North Atlantic Alliance has followed since ...
J. Michael Legge, 1983
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Strategies of Containment : A Critical Appraisal of American ...
EIGHT. Implementing. Flexible. Response: Vietnam. as. a. Test. Case. In order to discuss the implementation of “flexible response,” it is necessary to make a choice. One can examine in overview a series of events in which that strategy ...
John Lewis Gaddis Robert A. Lovett Professor of History Yale University, 2005
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Making America: A History of the United States, Volume 2: ...
Flexible Response ✫ How did Kennedy modify the strategy and tactics of Eisenhower's foreign policy? ✫ What actions did Kennedy take in Latin America and Vietnam to promote American interests? From day one, President Kennedy favored ...
Carol Berkin, Christopher Miller, Robert Cherny, 2011
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The Soviet View of U.S. Strategic Doctrine: Implications for ...
As will be shown in this chapter, the Soviet perception of flexible response had much to do with these decisions, as well as with the gradual increase in scale of the Soviet use of military power in support of her foreign policy objectives during  ...
Jonathan Samuel Lockwood, 1983
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The Use of Force: Military Power and International Politics
In order to discuss the implementation of "flexible response," it is necessary to make a choice. One can examine in overview a series of events in which that strategy manifested itself: the Bay of Pigs, Laos, Berlin, the Cuban missile crisis, the ...
Robert J. Art, Kenneth Neal Waltz, 2004
8
North Atlantic Treaty Organization: NATO
227 The Nature and Practice of Flexible Response: NATO Strategy and Theater Nuclear Forces since 1967. Ivo H. Daalder. New York: Columbia University Press , 1991. 41 lp. A major study which examines the NATO strategy of Flexible ...
Phil Williams, 1994
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The Oxford Companion to American Military History
Reacting in part to Nikita Khrushchev's call for “wars of national liberation,” the Kennedy administration made training for “sub-limited war” a key element in its flexible response policy, including special emphasis on counterinsurgency by ...
John Whiteclay Chambers, Fred Anderson, 1999
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Shaping and Signaling Presidential Policy: The National ...
2 Developing Flexible Response The New Look and Flexible Response could hardly have been more different in their development. The phrase "New Look," originally coined to describe changes in women's fashions after World War II, ...
Meenekshi Bose, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLEXIBLE RESPONSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flexible response is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Missiles And The Nuclear Negotiations With Iran
Although terrorist attacks afford a degree of standoff and deniability, missiles permit a quicker, more flexible response in a rapidly moving crisis ... «Breaking Energy, Jul 15»
2
Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) Middleware Market at $5.5 …
Growth is driven by the need to provide flexible response to changing market conditions. This Research is an independent research ... «CMO, Jul 15»
3
Blast from the past: Last M117 bomb dropped near Guam coast
Bomb squadrons, such as the 20th EBS, deploy here on a rotational basis, providing a flexible response capability. "(A continuous bomber ... «Air Force Link, Jul 15»
4
Guns and Butter in Pakistan
Concerns about credibility are what pushed the United States to abandon massive retaliation for the far more expensive “flexible response” in ... «Foreign Policy, Jul 15»
5
CIOs Need To Embrace Agile, Gartner Finds
... of adaptive planning, evolutionary development, early delivery, continuous improvement, and a rapid and flexible response to change. «InformationWeek, Jul 15»
6
The New Dilemmas of Nuclear Deterrence
During the 1960s the US advocated a doctrine of flexible response, arguing for a model of deterrence that would fail in small packets rather ... «The Diplomat, Jul 15»
7
Business Process Management Software (BPM) Market Share …
In the core of the BPM software lies the ability to hide complexity from the user, permitting flexible response to changing market conditions. «Virtual-Strategy Magazine, Jun 15»
8
Blast from the past: 20th EBS drops last M117 bomb in PACAF
Bomb squadrons, such as the 20th EBS, deploy here on a rotational basis, providing a flexible response capability. “CBP is important because ... «DVIDS, Jun 15»
9
Should the US Deploy New Tactical Nukes?
... control that evolved as the United States turned away from the “massive retaliation” strategy of the 1950s and adopted “flexible response. «The Diplomat, Jun 15»
10
Filling operations earn Facility of the Year Award
The manufacturing lines are organized in a U-shaped configuration, which enables fast and flexible response to production requirements at ... «Healthcare Packaging, Jun 15»

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