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reply

[ ri-plahy ]

verb (used without object)

, re·plied, re·ply·ing.
  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)

, re·plied, re·ply·ing.
  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 re·plies.
  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

It mainly took the form of replies to their posts, part of a bid to reorient political conversation.

When the woman responded she gave warm and friendly replies but appeared to politely deflect, delay or decline each invitation.

Since the beginning of April through the end of July, the publisher posted 47% more Stories and saw a 66% increase in replies and a 52% increase in impressions on those Stories.

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Also, to boost the engagement rate of your post, make sure your reply to each and every comment.

Kraft also alleged during budget meetings, Carson “starts talking quieter and quieter after she asks questions so she cannot hear his reply.”

“Every critic encounters one book like that,” was his reply.

Johnson testified that he was the only one to reply, telling the cop that they were almost to where they were going.

He has received no reply from the government to the complaint he sent.

“I had not the most remote notion of what a wonderful man he was,” Darwin wrote of Aristotle in his reply to Ogle.

They received a letter of reply saying their help was very welcome, and to come down and pay them a visit.

I waited three months more, in great impatience, then sent him back to the same post, to see if there might be a reply.

Before Ripperda could unclasp his lips to reply, the stranger had opened the door, and passed through it like a gliding shadow.

The aged woman made no reply; her eyes still studied Ramona's face, and she still held her hand.

"Better so," was the Senora's sole reply; and she fell again into still deeper, more perplexed thought about the hidden treasure.

"Marco's" reply conclusively proved his possession of a Christian spirit.

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