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Definitions: Respondent |
RespondentAdjective1. Replying; "an answering glance"; "an answering smile". Noun1. The codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent. 2. Someone who responds. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "respondent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Census | The person supplying survey or census information about his or her living quarters and its occupants. (references) |
Law | A person against whom a petition is presented, a summons issued, or an appeal brought. Source: European Union. (references) |
Statistics | A person who answers questions in a survey or an interview or otherwise responds to a researcher's inquiry. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: RespondentSynonyms: answering (adj), answerer (n), responder (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Accusation | Accused, defendant, prisoner, perpetrator, panel, respondent; litigant. |
Answer | Adjective: answering; Verb: responsive, respondent; conclusive. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Respondent |
| English words defined with "respondent": equivocator ♦ hedger ♦ Party appellant ♦ Respondency. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "respondent": Ability to speak English, ACR, administrative law judge, Administrative Order, advance census report ♦ Clerical Titles, Complete income reporters, computerised self administered questionnaire, computerized self administered questionnaire, CSAQ ♦ data capture, dichotomous questionnaire ♦ EFQ ♦ FV ♦ HP-SUX ♦ LR ♦ mail return questionnaire ♦ nonproxy ♦ Questionists ♦ Reference person ♦ sympathy effect ♦ TDE, The Post Office's new family of computerised telephone exchanges, Touchtone data entry ♦ Usual hours, Usual weekly earnings ♦ voice recognition entry, VRE. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Every fifth respondent in this group also plans to frequently change the decoration in their apartments. (references) | |
Internet White Paper by IMPRESS has conducted a similar survey with the respondent population of 553. The percentage breakdown results were about the same with that of JADMA. (references) | ||
Economic History | Philippines | Very few agencies were rated by the respondent enterprises as sincerely fighting corruption. (references) |
Burma | The respondent shall have 30 days from the date of mailing of the pre-penalty notice to make a written response to the Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control. (references) | |
Burma | It should contain responses to the allegations in the pre-penalty notice and set forth the reasons why the respondent believes the penalty should not be imposed or, if imposed, why it should be in a lesser amount than proposed. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Tajikistan | In the case of at least one respondent interviewed by the IOM, after her escape from forced prostitution, her trafficker blackmailed her with videotapes of her previous "occupation." The victim killed her trafficker and was serving a prison sentence. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Respondent" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.70% of the time. "Respondent" is used about 365 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 93.7% | 342 | 15,474 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 5.21% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.1% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 365 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "respondent": co-respondent. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
respondent | 14 |
respondent superior | 5 |
respondent track | 3 |
conditioning respondent | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "respondent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | që reagon, që përgjigjet, i paditur (accused, ignoramus, ignorant, impious, incognizant, inconversant, not versed, unbeknown, uninformed, unlearned). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مجيب, مدعى عليه, المستجيب, المجيب, المدعى عليه (accused, defendant), الشخص الذي يجري معه التحقيق. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | отговарящ (accordant, conformable, corresponding, responsive), отзивчив (approachable, co operative, forward, helpful, outgoing, responsive, soft-hearted, sympathetic, understanding, warmhearted), обвиняем (culprit, defendant), защитник (advocate, back, conservator, defender, guard, paraclete, patron, pleader, prophet, proponent, protagonist, protection, protector, quarterback, square leg, supporter, vindicator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | ""者. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | odpùrce (contestant, dissenter, enemy, objector, opponent, protester), obhájce (barrister, counsel for the defense, defender, pleader). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | respondent, undersøgelsesperson, oplysningspligtig. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | respondent, verplichte berichtgever, gedaagde in beroep (appellee), gedaagde (defendant), geënquêteerde, de geappeleerde (appellee), de beroepene (appellee), berichtgever. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | موافق (Amicable, Attune, Comkpliant, Compatible, Concurrent, Congruent, Pro, Sympathetic), مطابق (After, Pursuant, Relevant, Similar, To, Within), واکنش دار (Reactive), جوابگو. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vastaaja (defendant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | personne interrogée, défendeur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Beklagte (bemoaned, bewailed, bitched, defendant, lamented). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υπόδικοσ (man in custody), ερωτώμενος, αποκρινόμενοσ, δημοσκοπούμενος. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תבע (claimed, defendant, requested). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | válaszadó (responder, responser), alperes (defendant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | dituntut. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | unit sottoposta alla inchiesta, unit sottoposta, convenuto (agreed, concerted, defendant), accusato (accused, defendant, prisoner at the bar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 被"立人 , "弁者 , 回"者 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ひもうしたてに", かいとうしゃ, とうべ"しゃ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 응답자. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | freggyrtagh (accountable, answerable, answerer, answering, answering letter, compatible, congruence, fits, proportional, reactive, replicative, responsible), ansooragh (answer, answer letter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | espondentray respondente, réu (culprit, defaulter, defendant, delinquent, indictment, sued party, summoned party), que responde (responsive), que reage, na posição de réu, aquele que responde (accountant). (various references) reclamant (accuser, claimant, complainant, informant, orator, plaintiff, plugger, suitor), persoanã care rãspunde, corespunzãtor (accordingly, adequate, answerable, commensurate, congenial, congruent, correct, correspondent, corresponding, decent, equal, equivalent, fit, fitting, normal, reciprocal, relative, several, suitable), care rãspunde. (various references) отвечающий (agreeable to), ответчик (answerer, defendant), отзывчивый (kindhearted, quick to sympathize, responsive, softhearted, supportive, tender-hearted). (various references) tuženik (defendant), tuženički, tuženi, odgovaralac, odgovarajući (agreeable, compatible, consonant, convenient, corresponding, homologous, matching). (various references) respondiente, el que responde, demandado (asked, defendant), acusado (accused, charged, decided, defendant, displayed, indicted, marked, prisoner, pronounced, striking). (various references) svarande (defendant). (various references) savunma yapan, savunma makamı, sanık (accused, culprit, defence, defendant, defense, prisoner at the bar, suspect), karşılık veren, davalı (defence, defendant, defense, libelee, libellee), cevap veren (answering, responsive, satisfying), cevap niteliğinde. (various references) який відповіда", чуйний (alive, charitable, feeling, kind hearted, ministering, nice, responsive, understanding), відповідач (answerer, appellate, defendant), вза"мний (alternate, mutual, recriminative), дисертант. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "respondent": respondents. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "respondent": corespondent, correspondent, nonrespondent. (additional references) | |
Words containing "respondent": corespondents, correspondents, nonrespondents. (additional references) | |
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"Respondent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pepsodent, repandent, respondant. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "respondent" (pronounced ruspÄ"ndunt) |
| 10 | r u s p Ä" n d u n t | corespondent, correspondent. |
| 8 | -s p Ä" n d u n t | despondent. |
| 5 | -n d u n t | abundant, ascendant, attendant, defendant, dependent, descendant, descendent, independent, interdependent, pendant, redundant, resplendent, superintendent, transcendent. |
| 4 | -d u n t | accident, antecedent, antioxidant, ardent, coincident, confident, decadent, decedent, discordant, dissident, evident, imprudent, incident, mordant, nonresident, overconfident, oxidant, precedent, provident, prudent, resident, retardant, rodent, strident, student, trident, verdant. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, accelerant, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antidepressant, antigovernment, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, cormorant, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decent, declarant, decongestant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resilient, resistant, resonant, restatement, resultant, resurgent, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, stringent, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-n-n-o-p-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: deponents, nondesert. | |
-2 letters: deponent, dopester, endnotes, enterons, pendents, pentodes, portends, pretends, protends, sonneted, tenoners. | |
-3 letters: denotes, depones, deports, deposer, donnees, donnert, endnote, endorse, enteron, erodent, estrone, oersted, openers, openest, pendent, penners, penster, pentode, pentose, ponders, portend, posteen, postern, poteens, present, pretend, protend, redtops, rennets, reopens, repents, reposed, respond, rodents, serpent, snorted, spender, spondee. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-n-n-o-p-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: respondents, tenpounders. | |
+2 letters: corespondent, pentahedrons, pretensioned. | |
+3 letters: corespondents, correspondent, nonrespondent. | |
+4 letters: antidepression, correspondents, nondescriptive, nonrespondents, predestination, preordainments, pseudopregnant, superconfident. | |
+5 letters: antidepressions, openheartedness, predestinations, preponderations. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 73 70 6F 6E 64 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . ... .--. --- -. -.. . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01110011 01110000 01101111 01101110 01100100 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e s p o n d e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0073 0070 006F 006E 0064 0065 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)52718582818070718086 |
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