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Plural of response

regular plural

The plural of response is responses.

Forms of response

Singularresponse /ɹɪˈspɒns/
Pluralresponses /ɹɪˈspɒns.ɪz/
Countablecountable

Responses in a sentence

  • John is very quick on his feet during interviews by using his rapier responses.From the entry rapier
  • The think piece provoked a flurry of media responses for the remainder of the week.From the entry flurry
  • Student responses are gradually automatized through repetition.From the entry automatize
  • American shale’s placid responses to energy whirlwinds are becoming an enduring feature of the U.S. oil industry.2026 March 4, Benoît Morenne, “Why American Frackers Aren’t Rushing to Pump More Oil: U.S. shale giants won’t budge from their plans…. From the entry shale
  • After Bongino reiterated that Epstein killed himself, he was flooded with responses of disbelief.2025 May 20, Tal Axelrod, “MAGA faithful grow frustrated with Trump's Justice Department”, in Axios. From the entry buy

Meaning of response

  1. noun An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
  2. noun The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question.
  3. noun An oracular answer.

Full definition of response

Questions about the plural of response

What is the plural of response?
The plural of response is responses.
Is response countable?
Response is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: response (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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