reply — قاموس الإنجليزية

فعل

1. To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.

   الاستعمال

   • لازم
   • متعدٍ

   أمثلة

   (intransitive) Please reply to my letter.

   (transitive) "Sorry I'm late," replied the student.

   أمثلة إضافية (1)

   (transitive) He replied that he was not sure.

2. To act or gesture in response.

   الاستعمال

   • لازم

   أمثلة

   Joanne replied to Pete's insult with a slap to his face.

   أمثلة إضافية (1)

   It is a sound to be dreaded until you ascertain that it is being made by friendly forces; even then, your welcome to it must be tempered with some caution, because gunfire usually leads to replying gunfire[…]

   […] bulged the onion bag for the Blades, and Downes and Prendergast replied for the Owls.

3. To repeat something back; to echo.

   الاستعمال

   • لازم

اسم

1. A written or spoken response; part of a conversation.

   أمثلة

   For example, it is said that someone at a party once asked the famous philosopher Ly Tin Weedle ‘Why are you here?’ And the reply took three years.

2. Something given in reply.

3. A counterattack.

4. The answer of a figure.

5. A document written by a party specifically replying to a responsive declaration and in some cases an answer.

   الاستعمال

   • استعمال أمريكي

اسم

1. a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation

   مرادفات

   answerresponse

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   statement

   أمثلة

   I waited several days for his answer

   he wrote replies to several of his critics

2. the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange

   مرادفات

   response

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   speech act

   أمثلة

   he growled his reply

فعل

1. react verbally

   مرادفات

   answerrespond

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   statesaytell

   أمثلة

   She didn't want to answer

   answer the question

   أمثلة إضافية (1)

   We answered that we would accept the invitation