to reply is a form of:
Reply
noun — Plural: Replies
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- (an answer or response) write a reply ចម្លើយតប, in reply to his action ការឆ្លើយតប
Example: She made no reply. - 2.
- ការឆ្លើយតប
verb — past tense: replied ; past participle: replied ; present participle: replying ; 3rd person singular present replies
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- (TRANSITIVE) (to say in answer) ឆ្លើយ (ថា)
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- ឆ្លើយតប
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- (INTRANSITIVE) ~ (to somebody / something) (with something) (To answer in speech or writing) តប, បំពេញ, តបវិញ, សបសំដី, ការឆ្លើយតប
Example: Reply to your letter, to criticisms, to a person, Yes he replies, In reply to your letter of Jan., 4th.reply to his letter ឆ្លើយតប, reply to his challenge ប្រព្រឹត្ដតប
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: replied ; past participle: replied ; present participle: replying ; 3rd person singular present replies
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To answer a defendant's plea.
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- (FIGURATIVE) (INTRANSITIVE) To do something in return for something done; as, to reply to a signal; to reply to the fire of a battery.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To return for an answer.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response.
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- answer, react, rebut, rejoin, respond
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- answer, defense, rebuttal, rejoinder, response, retort
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- disregard, ignore, overlook
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- inquiry, questioning, summoning
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- argument