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n.
1) to give, offer, provide an ~
2) a blunt, curt; civil; diplomatic; direct; equivocal; evasive, vague; glib; ready; straight; wise; witty ~
3) a negative; positive ~
4) the right; wrong ~
5) ( BE ) a dusty ('unsatisfactory') ~
6) an ~ to
7) in ~ to (in ~ to your question)
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v.
1) ('to respond') to ~ glibly
2) ( d ; intr. ) ('to be responsible') to ~ to smb. for smt. (the directors had to ~ to the stockholders for the loss)
3) ( d ; intr. ) ('to respond') to ~ to (to ~ to a name; the child ~s only to its nickname)
4) ( d ; intr. ) ('to correspond') to ~ to (she ~s to the description)
5) ( L ; may have an object) ('to respond') they ~ed (us) that they would come