ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RESPOND
From Old French respondre, from Latin rēspondēre to return like for like, from re- + spondēre to pledge.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RESPOND
PRESENT
Present
I respond
you respond
he/she/it responds
we respond
you respond
they respond
Present continuous
I am responding
you are responding
he/she/it is responding
we are responding
you are responding
they are responding
Present perfect
I have responded
you have responded
he/she/it has responded
we have responded
you have responded
they have responded
Present perfect continuous
I have been responding
you have been responding
he/she/it has been responding
we have been responding
you have been responding
they have been responding
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I responded
you responded
he/she/it responded
we responded
you responded
they responded
Past continuous
I was responding
you were responding
he/she/it was responding
we were responding
you were responding
they were responding
Past perfect
I had responded
you had responded
he/she/it had responded
we had responded
you had responded
they had responded
Past perfect continuous
I had been responding
you had been responding
he/she/it had been responding
we had been responding
you had been responding
they had been responding
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will respond
you will respond
he/she/it will respond
we will respond
you will respond
they will respond
Future continuous
I will be responding
you will be responding
he/she/it will be responding
we will be responding
you will be responding
they will be responding
Future perfect
I will have responded
you will have responded
he/she/it will have responded
we will have responded
you will have responded
they will have responded
Future perfect continuous
I will have been responding
you will have been responding
he/she/it will have been responding
we will have been responding
you will have been responding
they will have been responding
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would respond
you would respond
he/she/it would respond
we would respond
you would respond
they would respond
Conditional continuous
I would be responding
you would be responding
he/she/it would be responding
we would be responding
you would be responding
they would be responding
Conditional perfect
I would have respond
you would have respond
he/she/it would have respond
we would have respond
you would have respond
they would have respond
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been responding
you would have been responding
he/she/it would have been responding
we would have been responding
you would have been responding
they would have been responding
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you respond
we let´s respond
you respond
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
responded
Present Participle
responding
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 QUOTES WITH «RESPOND»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
respond.
People from different parts of the world can respond to the same story if it says something to them about their own history and their own experience.
One must let the play happen to one; one must let the mind loose to respond as it will, to receive impressions, to sense rather than know, to gather rather than immediately understand.
The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.
'Saw VI' has a really interesting theme about the ripple effect. Everything you do affects the guy next to you, which affects the guy next to him, which affects her over here. And you might think that what you're doing is not that significant, but just the way you respond to other people makes the world the way it is.
History will not judge HIV/AIDS kindly... the harshest words will be reserved for how the world responded, or rather failed to respond, to the epidemic.
As an actor, you know when you've got great material in front of you. When you're working, you think, 'Is this the one? The one that everyone will respond to and be moved by?' You pray that you have told the story well... that your peers will see it and audiences will love it.
In modern pharmacology it's so clear that even if you have a fixed dose of a drug, the individuals respond very differently to one and the same dose.
The quality that defines us as Americans is the courage to respond to being hit. The courage to root out and destroy the killers. And, most importantly, the courage to hold on to our values and protect our hard-won freedoms while doing it.
I started modeling at 14. It's simple. You respond to what the photographer wants and wear other people's ideas. I got bored with it, though, so I went to university.
It is incumbent upon us to respond to the unique needs of military women and ensure they receive proper care during the first year following childbirth.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RESPOND»
Discover the use of
respond in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
respond and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
How Would Love
Respond?: Imagine If You Were Given a Gift So ...
Kurek Ashley was working as an actor and stuntman on a new movie when he lost five friends in a tragic on-set helicopter accident that could have killed him as well. Afterward, Kurek couldn't stop wondering why he had survived.
2
Adaptive Enterprise: Creating and Leading Sense-And-
Respond ...
Explains how postindustrial organizations can respond to the demands of the information age
3
Sense and
Respond: The Journey to Customer Purpose
The book is based upon substantial research and practice by leading practitioners and heralds a paradigm shift in thinking on these issues.
Sue Barlow, Stephen Parry, Mike Faulkner, 2005
4
Sense &
Respond: Capturing Value in the Network Era
Offers a resource for business executives seeking to capture maximum value from information technology by drawing on a wide range of company and industry examples
Stephen P. Bradley, Richard L. Nolan, 1998
5
The Advertised Mind: Ground-breaking Insights Into how Our ...
Advertising research organizations have been trying for years to measure the effectiveness of advertising.Recent research by Erik du Plessis and his colleagues at Adtrack South Africa, and subsequently at Millward Brown, has helped to show ...
6
Partner Stalking: How Women
Respond, Cope, and Survive
This book examines the multiple aspects of partner stalking from the victim's perspective.
TK. Logan, Jennifer Cole, Lisa Shannon, 2006
7
The Neighbors
Respond: The Controversy over the Jedwabne ...
This book captures some of the most important voices in the ensuing debate, including those of residents of Jedwabne itself as well as those of journalists, intellectuals, politicians, Catholic clergy, and historians both within and well ...
Antony Polonsky, Joanna B. Michlic, 2009
8
How to Prepare for and
Respond to a Crisis
Describes how to rapidly establish a crisis response team, develop a response plan, provide clinical and mental health supports, and disseminate information to staff, students, parents, and the media.
9
Evolution and Religious Creation Myths : How Scientists ...
The book does not require any extensive knowledge of science. The principle of change over time pervades all of science, from cosmology, to the search for the origin for life, to human physical and cultural evolution.
Paul F. Lurquin School of Molecular Biosciences Washington State University, Linda Stone Department of Anthropology Washington State University, 2007
10
The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to recognize it and ...
This timely new edition of The Verbally Abusive Relationship, Expanded Third Edition puts you on the road to recognizing and responding to verbal abuse, one crucial step at a time!
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RESPOND»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
respond is used in the context of the following news items.
Elderly woman waits 3 hours for police to respond after rape
An 82-year-old woman who was raped by a stranger after she got off a bus last week was forced to wait three hours for a Milwaukee police squad car to respond, ... «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jul 15»
On The Watch: How Will Baltimore Police Officers Respond To The …
Major Steven Ward (second from right), of Baltimore's Eastern District, says he and his officers provide help for the citizens in their district that goes beyond ... «WYPR, Jul 15»
Here's how men and women respond to email differently
AP/Andre PennerAccording to Yahoo Labs, men take longer to respond to ... take 16 minutes and older adults take up to 47 minutes to respond to an email. «Business Insider, Jul 15»
Firefighters respond to house fire in West Lafayette
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) – Firefighters responded to the scene of a house fire in West Lafayette. The Wabash Township Fire Department responded to the ... «wlfi.com, Jul 15»
Aptean updates Respond for financial services
Aptean has released Respond 6.0, its complaints and feedback management offering. The new version delivers increased functionality to help companies ... «KMWorld Magazine, Jul 15»
Readers Respond to Ghosting
Readers had a lot to say about “Exes Explain Ghosting, the Ultimate Silent Treatment,” an article about breaking up by disappearing, a tactic most recently said ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
Presidential Candidates Respond to Supreme Court Marriage Ruling
White House aspirants were out with statements responding to the Supreme Court legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide within seconds of the decision ... «TIME, Jun 15»
Google Yet to Respond to EU Antitrust Charge
Those ten weeks have now elapsed, but Google still has time to respond because it wasn't immediately granted access to the EU's case documents, Ms. «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
Green Mountain Power says it's prepared to respond to strong storms
COLCHESTER, Vt. (AP) - Vermont's largest utility says it's prepared to respond to possible outages following two anticipated rounds of strong thunderstorms. «WCAX, Jun 15»
Taking Note | How Not to Respond to the Murders in Charleston
There are also some incredibly inappropriate ways to respond to this act of hate. Here are two of them: • Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who fancies ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
