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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:
- 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
/ °ùɪˈ±è±ô²¹Éª /
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
- °ù±ðˈ±è±ô¾±±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- °ù±ð·±è±ô¾±î€½Ä°ù noun
- ³Ü²Ôr±ð·±è±ô¾±±ð»å adjective
- ³Ü²Ôr±ð·±è±ô²âi²Ô²µ adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of reply1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Friends of the Earth said it met a 27 February deadline to submit its reply but that WCM had "failed to respond".
When his engineer told him at one point that he was about 0.3secs behind Russell, Tsunoda replied: "Let's focus on ourselves. I don't need much reference time."
“We instilled a fear that if you cheat, you will be found out at some time,†Sanders replied.
He said he received "absolutely no reply" to that letter and has not got his money back.
Morgan’s reply may be apocryphal, but it encompasses the truism that investors should divorce their emotional response to the markets from the cold analysis that should underlie investment decisions, if possible.
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