Respond and Take

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Respond

Respond verb - To act or behave in response (as to a stimulus or influence).
Usage example: doctors studying how the brain responds to pain
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Take and respond are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Take" instead a verb "Respond".
Nearby Words: responsive, response, responsible, responded, respondent

Take

Take verb - To produce a desired effect.
Usage example: it will be a few hours before this medication takes
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Respond and take are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Respond" instead a verb "Take".
Nearby Words: taking, taken, taker

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Common collocations

power respond power take power
people respond people take people
break respond break take break
chance respond chance take chance
Other words: time, way, home.

Both words in one sentence

  • Or maybe, even if the choice isn't difficult, you still expect them to take a moment to phrase their response in a polite way, but they instead respond with incredible bluntness.
    Source: Quick Draw Decision
  • Literature / Charlie and the Chocolate Factory In The Twits, when Muggle-Wump commands his family and the birds to take up the Twits' carpet and stick it onto the ceiling, they respond with similar exclamations.
    Source: Literature / Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • Literature / World War Z Badass Israeli—the State of Israel is literally the only country to take the initial reports of the zombie threat seriously and respond to them competently.
    Source: Literature / World War Z
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