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echo; respond; compose a poem in response
Meanings
2 senses · 9 examplesverb
to sing in harmony; to echo
literaryUsed in literary contexts to describe singing or speaking in response.
This song is too elegant, very few people can sing along with it.
As soon as he sang, everyone immediately joined in the chorus.
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The scene of one person singing and hundreds responding is very spectacular.
Everyone beat time along with his singing.
This song is hard to sing along with because the key is too high.
verb
compose a poem in response
literaryUsed in literary and cultural contexts for poetic exchanges.
I wrote a poem, I'd like to invite you to compose a response.
Ancient scholars often exchanged poems with each other to communicate.
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He composed a response to his friend's farewell poem.
This poetry competition requires contestants to compose poems in response to each other.