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reply
[ ri-plahy ]
verb (used without object)
- to make answer in words or writing; answer; respond:
to reply to a question.
Synonyms: rejoin
- to respond by some action, performance, etc.:
to reply to the enemy's fire.
- to return a sound; echo; resound.
- Law. to answer a defendant's plea.
verb (used with object)
- to return as an answer (usually used in a negative combination or followed by a clause with that ):
Not a syllable did he reply. He replied that no one would go.
reply
/ rɪˈplaɪ /
verb
- to make answer (to) in words or writing or by an action; respond
he replied with an unexpected move
- tr; takes a clause as object to say (something) in answer
he replied that he didn't want to come
- law to answer a defendant's plea
- to return (a sound); echo
noun
- an answer made in words or writing or through an action; response
- the answer made by a plaintiff or petitioner to a defendant's case
Derived Forms
- reˈplier, noun
Other Words From
- re·plier noun
- unre·plied adjective
- unre·plying adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of reply1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
“To assert that the GOP didn’t have a ‘ground game’ is uninformed, at best,” the Examiner replied by email.
Asked how long Saka might be out, Arteta replied: "It's difficult. They have tested him but it's very difficult to say how bad it is."
When asked what she knows about the regime official, she replies: "We keep to ourselves, they keep to themselves. No one in this building interacts with each other."
Confusion and frustration followed in the replies, which included the allegation that Hay and Mayo had deleted parts of a community Discord channel where investors gathered.
When asked who she blames for her brother's suffering, she replies: "no-one".
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