The speech act of replying to a question
English: answer
Bahasa: bersahutan
menjawabBahasa Indonesia
answer, respond, come back, do, react
Very common
#732 of the corpus · 174.7 per million words · 746,194 occurrences
From jawab (meN-) · very common, #476
Noun
Verb
React verbally
English: answer, reply, respond
Bahasa: jawab, menyambut, membalas, balas, sambut, menyahut, sahut, bersambut
Show a response or a reaction to something
English: react, respond
Bahasa: menyambut, membalas, bereaksi, mereaksi
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Answer back
English: retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin
Bahasa: membalas, memulangkan, menempelak
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5 more verb senses
Be sufficient, be adequate, either in quality or quantity
English: suffice, do, answer, serve
Bahasa: melakukan, berbuat, melayani, menyambut, meletakkan, membalas, menaruh, memadai
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Give the correct answer or solution to
English: answer
Bahasa: jawab, menyelesaikan, menyambut, membalas
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Respond favorably or as hoped
English: respond
Bahasa: mengikut
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Understand the meaning of
English: answer, resolve
Bahasa: jawab, memutuskan, menyambut, membalas, membereskan
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Give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
English: answer
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