Replied

Definition

reply /rÇ'plaÇ/ v ( pt, pp replied ) ~ (to sb/sth) (with sth) (က) ေျဖသည္။ ျပန္ၾကားသည္။ အေၾကာင္းျပန္သည္။ fail to reply to a question/letter/accusation ❍ I replied with a short note. ❍ ‘Certainly not,’ She replied. ❍ He replied that he was busy. ❍ Why doesn't he reply? (ခ) တံု႔ျပန္သည္။ He replied with a nod. ❍ The enemy replied to our fire (ie fired back at us). n ၁။ [U] အေျဖ။ တံု႔ျပန္မႈ။ She made no reply. ❍ What did he do in reply to your challenge? ၂။ [C] ျပန္ၾကားခ်က္။ get/have/receive several replies to an advertisement ❍ a reply-paid envelope (ie one sent so that the person replying does not have to pay to send the reply). Compare ANSWER n

Examples

1. ‘I know
2. ’ Corbett replied quietly.
3. They got up and walked out before I had a chance to reply.
4. [reply with] : I asked him how he was
5. and he replied with a shrug.
6. [reply to] : It took them a week to reply to my letter.
7. [reply (that)] : When asked where he was going
8. he replied that it was none of their business.
9. The terrorists replied promptly and savagely by bombing the city centre.