"rejoinder" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɹɪd͡ʒˈɔɪndɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-rejoinder.ogg Forms: rejoinders [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔɪndə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English rejoinder, rejonder, rejoynder, from Middle French rejoindre, with infinitive used as noun frequent in Law French. Doublet of rejoin. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*yewg-}}, {{inh|en|enm|rejoinder}} Middle English rejoinder, {{der|en|frm|rejoindre}} Middle French rejoindre, {{doublet|en|rejoin}} Doublet of rejoin Head templates: {{en-noun}} rejoinder (plural rejoinders)
  1. (law) The defendant's answer to the replication. Categories (topical): Law Translations (defendant's answer): отговор на ответник (otgovor na otvetnik) (Bulgarian), réponse [feminine] (French), Gegenerwiderung [feminine] (German), Duplik [feminine] (German), replica [feminine] (Occitan), respòsta [feminine] (Occitan), responsa (Occitan), replika [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), svaromål (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-rejoinder-en-noun-aiGRlcZJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 5 33 36 3 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 6 27 27 8 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 4 33 36 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 27 5 25 30 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 26 5 26 30 6 6 Topics: law Disambiguation of "defendant's answer": 59 9 25 7
  2. A response that answers another response.
    Sense id: en-rejoinder-en-noun-vtvdo-H4
  3. A quick response that involves disagreement or is witty, especially an answer to a question. Synonyms: comeback, retort Translations (reply): отговор (otgovor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), възражение (vǎzraženie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), repliek (Dutch), vastaus (Finnish), réplique [feminine] (French), schlagfertige Erwiderung [feminine] (German), schlagfertige Entgegnung [feminine] (German), schlagfertige Bemerkung [feminine] (German), respòsta [feminine] (Occitan), replica [feminine] (Occitan), replika [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), odgovor [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), replik (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-rejoinder-en-noun-INIkAyJX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 5 33 36 3 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 6 27 27 8 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 4 33 36 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 27 5 25 30 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 26 5 26 30 6 6 Disambiguation of 'reply': 22 27 39 12
  4. (US patent law) Re-insertion, typically after allowance of a patent application, of patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement. Tags: US Categories (topical): Patent law
    Sense id: en-rejoinder-en-noun-44Ee7rPd Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 5 33 36 3 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 6 27 27 8 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 4 26 36 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 4 33 36 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 25 3 26 40 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 27 5 25 30 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 3 24 40 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 26 5 26 30 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 4 27 34 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 24 4 23 42 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 26 3 23 42 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 26 3 23 42 3 3 Topics: intellectual-property, law, patent-law

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɹɪd͡ʒˈɔɪndɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-rejoinder.ogg Forms: rejoinders [present, singular, third-person], rejoindering [participle, present], rejoindered [participle, past], rejoindered [past]
Rhymes: -ɔɪndə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English rejoinder, rejonder, rejoynder, from Middle French rejoindre, with infinitive used as noun frequent in Law French. Doublet of rejoin. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*yewg-}}, {{inh|en|enm|rejoinder}} Middle English rejoinder, {{der|en|frm|rejoindre}} Middle French rejoindre, {{doublet|en|rejoin}} Doublet of rejoin Head templates: {{en-verb}} rejoinder (third-person singular simple present rejoinders, present participle rejoindering, simple past and past participle rejoindered)
  1. (intransitive) To issue a rejoinder. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-rejoinder-en-verb-PDVAFmeO
  2. (transitive) To say as a rejoinder. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-rejoinder-en-verb-ye0gYpXR

Inflected forms

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          "text": "\"I'm starting to-morrow. This is perhaps the last time we shall ever meet.\" I made an appropriate rejoinder, and he smiled wanly.",
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          "text": "The simplest rejoinder to all of Daenerys’ justifications is that this bloodshed could have been avoided. She was given a moment to choose, and she chose blind vengeance, the kind that eliminates any benevolence she hoped to bring to the seven kingdoms by burning it right out of the minds of anyone who saw her astride Drogon, mowing down men, women, and children with abandon.",
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