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reply

[ ri-plahy ]

verb (used without object)

replied, replying.
  1. to make answer in words or writing; answer; respond:

    to reply to a question.

    Synonyms: rejoin

  2. to respond by some action, performance, etc.:

    to reply to the enemy's fire.

  3. to return a sound; echo; resound.
  4. Law. to answer a defendant's plea.


verb (used with object)

replied, replying.
  1. 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.

noun

plural replies.
  1. an answer or response in words or writing.

    Synonyms: riposte, rejoinder

  2. a response made by some action, performance, etc.

reply

/ rɪˈplaɪ /

verb

  1. to make answer (to) in words or writing or by an action; respond

    he replied with an unexpected move

  2. tr; takes a clause as object to say (something) in answer

    he replied that he didn't want to come

  3. law to answer a defendant's plea
  4. to return (a sound); echo
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an answer made in words or writing or through an action; response
  2. the answer made by a plaintiff or petitioner to a defendant's case
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • reˈplier, noun
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Other Words From

  • re·plier noun
  • unre·plied adjective
  • unre·plying adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of reply1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English replien (verb), from Middle French replier “to fold back, reply,” from Latin replicāre “to unroll, fold back”; replicate
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Word History and Origins

Origin of reply1

C14: from Old French replier to fold again, reply, from Latin replicāre to fold back, from re- + plicāre to fold
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Synonym Study

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Example Sentences

“To assert that the GOP didn’t have a ‘ground game’ is uninformed, at best,” the Examiner replied by email.

From Salon

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."

From BBC

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."

From BBC

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".

From BBC

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