respondent
noun
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Definition of respondent
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: one who responds: such as
a
: one who maintains a thesis in reply
b(1)
: one who answers in various legal proceedings (as in equity cases)
(2)
: the prevailing party in the lower court
c
: a person who responds to a poll
respondent
adjectiveDefinition of respondent (Entry 2 of 2)
2
: relating to or being behavior or responses to a stimulus that are followed by a reward
respondent conditioning
— compare operant sense 3
Examples of respondent in a Sentence
Noun
A majority of respondents said they disagreed with the mayor's plan.Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
SimpleTexting, a text marketing service, used screen-time data from 2,103 survey respondents to show how much of the day users spend tweeting, watching YouTube videos and more. — USA TODAY, "‘Stranger’ tourists, Phish and the plague, kinkajou attack: News from around our 50 states," 22 Aug. 2019 Surveys by the American Psychiatric Society, Politico reported last fall, have found a marked increase in stress and anxiety among respondents with regard to the future in recent years. — Matt Ford, The New Republic, "Trump’s Tax on the National Psyche," 21 Aug. 2019 Forty-three percent of poll respondents approve of Trump’s performance in office and 55 percent disapprove. — oregonlive.com, "Joe Biden’s popularity has dramatically fallen since campaign launch; Donald Trump also struggles in NBC/WSJ poll," 19 Aug. 2019 In a new YouGov poll, which consisted of 9,404 interviews with members of the British public, the Queen is rated as the most popular royal, with 72 percent of respondents reporting a positive opinion of her. — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, "Queen Elizabeth Is the Most Popular Royal, Followed Closely by Prince Harry," 19 Aug. 2019 That doesn't even include the cost of college materials, which 61% of survey respondents said paying for will be their biggest challenge. — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, "The Majority of Incoming College Freshman are Unsure of How They're Going to Pay for Their Education," 8 Aug. 2019 Indeed, cost, as well as integration with Office 365, tended to be the main reasons ETR survey respondents gave for using Teams over Slack. — Rani Molla, Vox, "Microsoft Teams isn’t better than Slack, but it is freer.," 9 July 2019 In any case, survey respondents seem to hold Mr. Trump responsible for much of Washington’s partisanship. — James Freeman, WSJ, "We Blamed George W. Bush," 17 June 2019 Researchers also have no way of corroborating what survey respondents say. — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, "How Does Cannabis Actually Affect Sex?," 25 Mar. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Absent a robust and respondent welfare state, protests have become a routine — and occasionally effective — means of social negotiation between citizens, workers and public officials. — Chantal Berman, Washington Post, "Why do Tunisians keep protesting?," 19 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'respondent.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for respondent
respondent
noun
English Language Learners Definition of respondent
: a person who gives a response or answer to a question that is asked especially as part of a survey
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Medical Definition of respondent
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a reflex that occurs in response to a specific external stimulus
the knee jerk is a typical respondent
respondent
adjectiveMedical Definition of respondent (Entry 2 of 2)
respondent
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Legal Definition of respondent
: one who answers or defends in various proceedings: as
a
: an answering party in an equitable proceeding
b
: a party against whom a petition (as for a writ of habeas corpus) seeking relief is brought
c
: an answering party in a proceeding in juvenile court or family court
specifically
: a party against whom a divorce proceeding is brought
d
: a party prevailing at trial who defends the outcome on appeal : appellee