Ask and Reply

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Ask

Ask verb - To put a question or questions to.
Usage example: my coworkers asked me all about my trip to Machu Picchu
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Reply is an antonym for ask in topics: inquire, request, question, invite, answer.
Nearby Words: asked, asking

Reply

Reply verb - To speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction.
Usage example: please reply to my question at your earliest convenience
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Ask is an antonym for reply.
Nearby Words: replied, replying
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Common collocations

person ask person reply person
character ask character reply character
man ask man reply man
kind ask kind reply kind
Other words: group, someone, time.

Both words in one sentence

  • Spider-Man's reply is along the lines "If you have to ask, you will never know the answer."
    Source: What Is One Man's Life in Comparison?
  • Similarly, when the heroes ask the lab to identify the mysterious glowing substance found at the crime scene, the reply may come back: organic-based, but unknown.
    Source: Not of This Earth
  • Shaped Like Itself Also Don Pedro's reply: "First, I ask thee what they have done; thirdly, I ask thee what's their offence; sixth and lastly, why they are committed; and, to conclude, what you lay to their charge."
    Source: Shaped Like Itself
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