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Top 1,000verb, perfective

отве́тить

[ɐtˈvʲetʲɪtʲ]to answer, to reply

Frequency rank #507 About 1 in every 5,200 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
ответить #507

Meaning

  1. to answer, to reply
  2. to be responsible for, to be accountable for, to be liable for
  3. to account for, to answer for

Examples

Ба́рыня не сра́зу отве́тила.

The lady did not answer right away.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • отве́титьinfinitive#1,598
  • отве́тилmasculine, singular, past#2,499
  • отве́тьimperative, singular, 2nd person#3,124
  • отве́тилаfeminine, singular, past#4,251
  • отве́тьтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#5,333
  • отве́чуsingular, 1st person, future#5,908
  • отве́тилиplural, past#8,058
  • отве́титsingular, 3rd person, future#8,490
  • отве́тишьsingular, 2nd person, future#8,720
  • отве́титеplural, 2nd person, future#15,158
  • отве́тятplural, 3rd person, future#27,557
  • отве́тимplural, 1st person, future#30,210
  • отве́тившийpast, participle
  • отве́тивpast, gerund

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