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imitation, carbon copy, photocopy, duplication, Colloq dupe, US
knock-off: The hall was dominated by a replica of
Michelangelo's David.
reply v. 1 answer, respond, rejoin, retort, return, come back,
acknowledge: When I asked where he had been, he refused to
reply and walked out of the room.
--n. 2 answer, response, rejoinder, retort, comeback, riposte,
reaction, US rise: I have written to the prime minister but as
yet have had no reply.
report n. 1 account, description, story, article, write-up, piece,
statement, dispatch or despatch, communication, communiqu‚,
announcement, narrative, record; news, information: Stanley
hasn't yet sent in the full report of his meeting with John. Is
there any report from the front? 2 explosion, bang, boom, shot,
gunshot, gunfire, backfire, discharge, crack, blast, detonation:
In the distance we heard the report of a gun, and later a
muffled explosion.
--v. 3 relate, recount, describe, narrate, tell of, detail,
give an account of, write up, document: Our man in Kuala Lumpur
reported a disturbance in a remote village. 4 publish,
promulgate, publicize, put out, announce, set forth, reveal,
disclose, divulge, announce, circulate, make public, broadcast:
Two newspapers and a television station reported the arrest of
the suspect. 5 arrive, appear, surface, check in, sign in, clock
in or on, turn up, come in, US report in: We were asked to
report for duty at 0800 on Friday. 6 report on. investigate,
cover, examine, explore, look into, inquire into, check into or
on, check (up) on, research, study, probe, scrutinize, Slang
check out, Brit suss out: The new journalist was assigned to
report on allegations of bribery in the council.
reporter n. journalist, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newsman,
newswoman, correspondent, columnist, newswriter, gentleman or
lady of the press, gentleman or lady of the fourth estate, Brit
pressman, presswoman; newscaster, news-presenter, commentator,
broadcaster, anchorman, anchorwoman; photojournalist, cameraman,
camerawoman, Colloq news-hound, news-hawk, news-hen, stringer:
Reporters swarmed around the footballers who had returned home
with the World Cup.