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[ ri-plahy ]
verb (used without object)
- to make answer in words or writing; answer; respond:
to reply to a question.
Synonyms:
- 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.
noun
- an answer or response in words or writing.
Synonyms: ,
- a response made by some action, performance, etc.
reply
/ ɪˈɪ /
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
- ˈ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·İ noun
- ܲr· adjective
- ܲr·iԲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of reply1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"There was scaffolding erected on the side of the house. I tried to find out if it was a particular scaffolding firm, but there was no phone number," Gert replied.
Spokespeople for the UC Office of the President, the central administrative operation that works with all campuses and handles federal government relations, did not immediately reply to a request for more details.
He replied that he and his people had been waiting only 50 years; you Christians, on the other hand, had been waiting in vain for thousands.
My favorite, though, might be the guy who replied, " It wasn't until you decided to clean up your life and find faith and peace that they decided you must be removed."
Friends of the Earth said it met a 27 February deadline to submit its reply but that WCM had "failed to respond".
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