verb + response : draw, elicit, prompt, provoke; require SYNONYMS response NOUN
answer: I don't quite know what to say in answer to your question.
reply: He said in reply that the question was unfair.
retort: His sharp retort clearly made an impact.
re|spo nse time (response times ) N‑COUNT Response time is the time taken for a computer to do something after you have given an instruction. [COMPUTING ] □ The only flaw is the slightly slow response times when you press the buttons.
re|spon|sibil|ity ◆◆◇ /r I spɒ ns I b I l I ti/ (responsibilities )
1 N‑UNCOUNT If you have responsibility for something or someone, or if they are your responsibility , it is your job or duty to deal with them and to take decisions relating to them. □ [+ for ] Each manager had responsibility for just under 600 properties.
2 N‑UNCOUNT If you accept responsibility for something that has happened, you agree that you were to blame for it or you caused it. □ [+ for ] No one admitted responsibility for the attacks.
3 N‑PLURAL Your responsibilities are the duties that you have because of your job or position. □ He handled his responsibilities as a counselor in an intelligent and caring fashion.
4 N‑UNCOUNT If someone is given responsibility , they are given the right or opportunity to make important decisions or to take action without having to get permission from anyone else. □ She would have loved to have a better-paying job with more responsibility.
5 N‑SING [usu N to-inf] If you think that you have a responsibility to do something, you feel that you ought to do it because it is morally right to do it. □ The court feels it has a responsibility to ensure that customers are not misled.
6 N‑SING If you think that you have a responsibility to someone, you feel that it is your duty to take action that will protect their interests. □ [+ to/towards ] She had decided that as a doctor she had a responsibility to her fellow creatures. COLLOCATIONS responsibility NOUN
1
adjective + responsibility : individual, overall, personal, sole; corporate, fiscal, legal; full, total
verb + responsibility : assume, bear, shoulder, take; have, share
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verb + responsibility : accept, admit, claim; deny SYNONYMS responsibility NOUN 1
obligation: When teachers assign homework, students usually feel an obligation to do it.
duty: My duty is to look after the animals.
liability: They have admitted liability but dispute the amount of his claim.
re|spon|sible ◆◆◇ /r I spɒ ns I b ə l/
1 ADJ [v-link ADJ ] If someone or something is responsible for a particular event or situation, they are the cause of it or they can be blamed for it. □ [+ for ] He still felt responsible for her death. □ I want you to do everything you can to find out who's responsible.
2 ADJ [v-link ADJ ] If you are responsible for something, it is your job or duty to deal with it and make decisions relating to it. □ [+ for ] …the minister responsible for the environment.
3 ADJ If you are responsible to a person or group, they have authority over you and you have to report to them about what you do. □ [+ to ] I'm responsible to my board of directors.
4 ADJ Responsible people behave properly and sensibly, without needing to be supervised. □ He feels that the media should be more responsible in what they report. ● re|spon|sibly ADV [ADV with v] □ He urged everyone to act responsibly.
5 ADJ [ADJ n] Responsible jobs involve making important decisions or carrying out important tasks. □ I work in a government office. It's a responsible position, I suppose, but not very exciting.
re|spon|sive /r I spɒ ns I v/
1 ADJ A responsive person is quick to react to people or events and to show emotions such as pleasure and affection. □ Harriet was an easy, responsive little girl. ● re|spon|sive|ness N‑UNCOUNT □ This condition decreases sexual desire and responsiveness.
2 ADJ If someone or something is responsive , they react quickly and favourably. □ [+ to ] Cinnamon is thought to make fat cells more responsive to insulin. ● re|spon|sive|ness N‑UNCOUNT □ [+ to ] Such responsiveness to public pressure is extraordinary.
rest
➊ QUANTIFIER USES
➋ VERB AND NOUN USES
➊ rest ◆◆◇ /re st/
1 QUANT The rest is used to refer to all the parts of something or all the things in a group that remain or that you have not already mentioned. □ [+ of ] It was an experience I will treasure for the rest of my life. □ [+ of ] He was unable to travel to Barcelona with the rest of the team. ● PRON Rest is also a pronoun. □ Only 55 per cent of the raw material is canned. The rest is thrown away.
2 PHRASE You can add and the rest or all the rest of it to the end of a statement or list when you want to refer in a vague way to other things that are associated with the ones you have already mentioned. [SPOKEN , VAGUENESS ] □ …a man with nice clothes, a Range Rover and the rest.
➋ rest ◆◆◇ /re st/ (rests , resting , rested )
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