RESPONDENT


Meaning of RESPONDENT in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

survey

Just over a quarter of the survey respondents reported having attended these.

However more than half of the focus group participants and survey respondents had specific suggestions on how they might serve customers better.

When it comes to abortion, the reticence of survey respondents is likely to be even greater.

■ VERB

ask

The measure of co-operation was obtained by asking if the respondent would probably report to the police an offence he had witnessed.

This question went on to ask respondents whether they had seen the booklet, or any part of it.

The General Household Survey asks respondents to rate their overall health as good, poor or fairly good for the previous year.

The latter measure, obtained by asking respondents if they had participated in the previous 12 months, includes less frequent participants.

This section went on to ask whether the respondent had had direct experience of a whole school review in accordance with the Oxfordshire scheme.

serve

The application must be served on all respondents at least three days before the first directions appointment or hearing.

On 20 March 1989 papers were served on the respondent .

Notice of proceedings should be served on non-parties at the same time as copy applications are served on the respondents .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

About 30% of respondents were under 21, 36% were 21-30, and 34% over 30; 52% were female.

In each country a sample of about one thousand respondents was interviewed regarding many aspects of their individual political beliefs and actions.

In July, 16 % of respondents said lack of skilled labour was likely to limit output.

In replying to this question, the respondents were not directed in any way to select political characteristics.

Only 17. 3 percent of 420 respondents reported that a long vacation recharges them.

The application must be served on all respondents at least three days before the first directions appointment or hearing.

This research builds on an earlier survey based on a postal questionnaire by following up some of the respondents to the questionnaire.

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