responsion
UK/ɹɪˈspɒnʃən/
responsion noun: an answer or reply; a response.
Noun
responsion (plural responsions)
- An answer or reply; a response.
- The Greek choral ode is obligated to preserve all but mathematical balance of rigid quantitative responsion.1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “I. Introduction”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 12
- The first of three examinations once required for an academic degree at the University of Oxford; nicknamed the little go and generally taken around the time of matriculation.
Forms of responsion
| plural | responsions |
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Origin of responsion
By surface analysis, response + -ion.
Questions about responsion
- What does responsion mean?
- Responsion means an answer or reply; a response.
- What part of speech is responsion?
- Responsion is a noun.
- How do you pronounce responsion?
- Responsion is pronounced /ɹɪˈspɒnʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of responsion?
- The plural of responsion is responsions.
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