how to pronounce respond

/ɹɪsˈpɑːnd/

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respond is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of respond in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… first I didn't even respond I didn't …”

meaning of respond

Respond means to answer or react to something.

respond frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word respond occurs in english on average 33.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics respond can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that respond can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;