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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:

  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: ,

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

reply

/ °ùɪˈ±è±ô²¹Éª /

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

  • °ù±ðˈ±è±ô¾±±ð°ù, noun
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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
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˜yÐÄvlog 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 °ù±ð±è±ô¾±³¦Äå°ù±ð “to unroll, fold backâ€; replicate
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of reply1

C14: from Old French replier to fold again, reply, from Latin °ù±ð±è±ô¾±³¦Äå°ù±ð to fold back, from re- + ±è±ô¾±³¦Äå°ù±ð to fold
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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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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."

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“We instilled a fear that if you cheat, you will be found out at some time,†Sanders replied.

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He said he received "absolutely no reply" to that letter and has not got his money back.

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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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