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Meaning of "respondent" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RESPONDENT

respondent  [rɪˈspɒndənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RESPONDENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Respondent can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES RESPONDENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Respondent

A respondent is a person who is called upon to issue a response to a communication made by another. In legal usage, this specifically refers to the defendant in a legal proceeding commenced by a petition, or to an appellee, or the opposing party, in an appeal of a decision by an initial fact-finder. The two sides in a Senate impeachment trial are called the management and the respondent. In non-legal or informal usage, the term refers to one who refutes or responds to a thesis or an argument. In cross-cultural communication, the second person responding to the meaning or message from an original source which has been contextualised or decoded for the understanding of respondents as recipients or hearers of the message occurring from a different cultural context The term as used in psychology evokes a much faster and less thoughtful reaction. In that field, respondent conditioning is a synonym for classical conditioning/Pavlovian conditioning. Respondent behavior specifically refers to the behavior consistently elicited by a reflexive or classically conditioned stimulus.

Definition of respondent in the English dictionary

The definition of respondent in the dictionary is a person against whom a petition, esp in a divorce suit, or appeal is brought.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RESPONDENT


abundant
əˈbʌndənt
ascendant
əˈsɛndənt
attendant
əˈtɛndənt
co-respondent
ˌkəʊrɪˈspɒndənt
correspondent
ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndənt
defendant
dɪˈfɛndənt
demandant
dɪˈmɑːndənt
dependant
dɪˈpɛndənt
dependent
dɪˈpɛndənt
descendant
dɪˈsɛndənt
descendent
dɪˈsɛndənt
despondent
dɪˈspɒndənt
fondant
ˈfɒndənt
frondent
ˈfrɒndənt
independent
ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt
pendant
ˈpɛndənt
pendent
ˈpɛndənt
redundant
rɪˈdʌndənt
superintendent
ˌsuːpərɪnˈtɛndənt
transcendent
trænˈsɛndənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RESPONDENT

respond
respondence
respondency
respondentia
responder
responsa
response
response time
response variable
responseless
responser
responsibilities
responsibility
responsibility allowance
responsibility payment
responsible
responsibleness
responsibly
responsions
responsive

WORDS THAT END LIKE RESPONDENT

accident
ascendent
candent
chemically dependent
chief superintendent
co-dependent
detective chief superintendent
detective superintendent
education correspondent
foreign correspondent
indent
insulin-dependent
pretendent
resplendent
scandent
school superintendent
science correspondent
semi-independent
special correspondent
splendent
war correspondent

Synonyms and antonyms of respondent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «respondent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RESPONDENT

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

Translator English - Chinese

被调查人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

encuestado
570 millions of speakers

English

respondent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रतिवादी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المجيب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ответчик
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

respondedor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উত্তরদাতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

personne interrogée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Responden
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Befragte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

回答者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

응답자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Responden
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trả lời
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பதிலளிப்பாளரின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतिवादी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

davalı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

convenuto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

respondent
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відповідач
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

respondent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ερωτώμενος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

respondent
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

respondent
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

respondent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of respondent

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RESPONDENT»

The term «respondent» is quite widely used and occupies the 27.669 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RESPONDENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «respondent» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «respondent» 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 respondent

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RESPONDENT»

Discover the use of respondent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to respondent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Hunt for the Last Respondent: Nonresponse in Sample Surveys
"Survey researchers in the Netherlands seem to have resigned themselves to low response rates in random sample surveys, despite the fact that the response rate is generally seen as the main indicator of survey quality.
Ineke A. L. Stoop, 2005
2
Healthcare Products, Inc., Respondent; Healthcare Products, ...
Respondent may nevertheless be prejudiced to some extent in the 1993 and 1995 proceedings by the same circumstances described above in relation to the 1990 Complaint -- the unavailability of witnesses, or evidence from the now' defunct.
Andrew Pearlstein
3
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII: Environmental Protection Agency Order ...
As Respondent correctly observed, the Act does not contain a definition of “ person” in so many words. The term simply does not appear in the section of the Act which contains specific definitions, 15 U.S.C. § 2602. Respondent's argument  ...
J. F. Greene
4
K. O. Manufacturing, Inc. Springfield, Missouri: ...
In the absence of warning signs, and nothing that complainant raises in this connection can really be so viewed, or reasons why respondent should have been alerted to the danger of the construction which it did make, respondent cannot be ...
J. F. Greene
5
Phibro Energy USA, Inc.: Environmental Protection Agency ...
Thus, Respondent should have conducted the required performance tests using appropriated test methods in 40 C.F.R. Part 63, Appendix A, during that same time frame.“ Respondent counters that if 40 C.F.R. § 60.8 is inapplicable, and the  ...
J. F. Greene
6
Respondent Collaboration in Web Survey Design: Developing a ...
12. Limitations. While conducting this dissertation research, it was established that only 10% of alumni were actively using E-mail for Life. The individuals that used the upgraded version of this service (which required a yearly free) represented ...
Barry P. Young, 2008
7
International Paper Company: Order Granting In Part and ...
1 2 1 Respondent International Paper Company moved for summary judgment in connection with the complaint herein on the ground that virtually the same charges were the subject of a previous final judgment in the form of a consent ...
J. F. Greene
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Comprehensive Handbook of Personality and Psychopathology , ...
Two intertwined lines of reasoning and research form the behaviorist theories: respondent (or classical) conditioning and operant (or instrumental) learning. Classical learning theory studies the relations among unconditioned and conditioned ...
Jay C. Thomas, Daniel L. Segal, 2006
9
Robert Durall, petitioner v. Kenneth Quinn, respondent, on ...
Argues that the Supreme Court's decision in Blakely v. Washington did not create a new rule of criminal procedure.
Robert Durall, Thomas C. Goldstein, Pamela S. Karlan, 2009
10
Multiple-respondent Anecdotal Assessments for Behavior ...
The materials included 2 copies of the (Motivation Assessment Scale (MAS) and Functional Assessment Screening Tool (FAST) questionnaires (1 for the respondent and 1 for the interviewer), a sheet of paper on which the MAS likert scale and ...
Heather Moore, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RESPONDENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term respondent is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Heleen Mees, Applicant‐Appellant v. Willem H. Buiter, Respondent
For Respondent‐Appellee Willem H. Buiter: Joseph Weiner, Katsky Korins LLP, New York, New York, on the brief, Adrienne B. Koch, Katsky Korins LLP, New ... «New York Law Journal, Jul 15»
2
SDT: John Bryon Sampson and Angela Susan Marshall
The SDT ordered that the first respondent (admitted 1959) should pay a fine of £2,500. The SDT ordered that the second respondent (admitted 1980) should pay ... «Law Gazette, Jul 15»
3
Bombay HC allows dropping of PM Modi's name as respondent in a …
The Bombay High Court has allowed dropping of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's name from the list of respondents in a PIL which had challenged gifting of an ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
4
Avoiding bias during respondent interviews
In preparing for an upcoming course on bias, I have been thinking about the potential impacts that various biases might have on the respondent interview in a ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
5
Thesis.com Purchased For $100K By Parent Co. Of WordPress …
According to the UDRP, Respondent and Complainant were both approached by a third-party about purchasing the domain name thesis.com and Automattic, ... «TheDomains.com, Jul 15»
6
Is It Necessary to Reimburse Cellphone Respondents?
Respondents who take a Pew Research Center survey on a cellphone are currently offered a $5 reimbursement for their cellphone minutes for completing the ... «Pew Research Center, Jul 15»
7
Human Rights Tribunal orders record-setting award for injury to …
The Applicants, two sisters from Mexico, were subject to very serious misconduct at the hands of the personal respondent. The personal respondent was the ... «Lexology, Jun 15»
8
Respondent divorce advice service launched
Many respondents just freeze and ignore the papers which can allow the divorce to go through without any input from them, after all it is their divorce too. «Divorce Online, Jun 15»
9
Divided Commission Upholds ALJ's Default Sanction and Attorney …
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) upheld an administrative law judge's (ALJ's) ruling finding a respondent in default based on spoliation of ... «The National Law Review, May 15»
10
Why fuss over such a trivial research matter as research respondent?
Why make such a fuss over a trivial market research matter as “the correct research respondent?” To think that you were only talking about qualitative research. «Inquirer.net, May 15»

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