Respondent Meaning and Definition


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What is the definition Respondent? What is its meaning in the dictionary? How to pronounce? Words starting with Respondent, Related sentences, Antonyms, Derivations, Example sentences, Words ending with Respondent, Synonyms and more...

Respondent meaning

Word: Respondent

How to pronounce: rɪsˈpɒndənt

Noun

Definitions:

1. A defendant in a lawsuit, especially one in an appeals or divorce case.

Example sentences: "Very well, and these other affidavits, I take it, are affidavits filed by the respondent."

2. A person who replies to something, especially one supplying information for a survey or questionnaire or responding to an advertisement.

Example sentences: "Most respondents to our questionnaire considered their practices to be in accordance with current medical guidelines"

Adjective

Definitions:

1. In the position of defendant in a lawsuit.

Example sentences: "The respondent defendant"

2. Replying to something, especially a survey or questionnaire.

Example sentences: "The respondent firms in the survey"

3. Involving or denoting a response, especially a conditioned reflex, to a specific stimulus.

Example sentences: "The results demonstrated that the sociality of a situation potentiates respondent laughter."


Synonyms:

defendant

responder

answerer


Antonyms:

plaintiff

claimant


Derivations:

responding

respond


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Respondent in Other Languages...

Spanish:

German: Beklagte

French: Répondant

Italian: Intervistato

Turkish: Katılımcı


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