reply
noun
- in law, the response by a plaintiff to a defendant's answer
- statement made in response to an interrogative question, request or comment
verb
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Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈplaɪ/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English replyen, replien, borrowed from Old French replier (“to reply”), from the Latin replicō, replicāre (“to fold back”) (in Late or Medieval Latin "to reply, repeat"), from re + plicō (“to fold”); the noun derives from the verb by nominalisation. Doublet of replicate and replica.
- A written or spoken response; part of a conversation.
“For example, it is said that someone at a party once asked the famous philosopher Ly Tin Weedle ‘Why are you here?’ And the reply took three years.”
- Something given in reply.
- A counterattack.
- The answer of a figure.
- A document written by a party specifically replying to a responsive declaration and in some cases an answer.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English replyen, replien, borrowed from Old French replier (“to reply”), from the Latin replicō, replicāre (“to fold back”) (in Late or Medieval Latin "to reply, repeat"), from re + plicō (“to fold”); the noun derives from the verb by nominalisation. Doublet of replicate and replica.
- To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.
“(intransitive) Please reply to my letter.”
“(transitive) "Sorry I'm late," replied the student.”
- To act or gesture in response.
“Joanne replied to Pete's insult with a slap to his face.”
“It is a sound to be dreaded until you ascertain that it is being made by friendly forces; even then, your welcome to it must be tempered with some caution, because gunfire usually leads to replying gunfire[…]”
- To repeat something back; to echo.