Responsion
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɹɪˈspɒnʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Responsion is a noun meaning (UK, education, historical, in the plural) 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.
Meaning
(UK, education, historical, in the plural) 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.
More Meanings
- (rare) An answer or reply; a response.
Example Sentences
The Greek choral ode is obligated to preserve all but mathematical balance of rigid quantitative responsion.
Word Forms
- responsions
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include strophic, response, answer, respondency, respondence, respond.
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