to reply
- verb
- /rɪˈplaɪ/
- Humanistic scholars and critics might reply to such polemics in a number of ways.
- reply to the item
- "Yes," replied
- "No," replied
And George Norcross replies simply with one word.
- And George Norcross replies simply with one word.
- Then when I stopped replying, the frog memes started.
- And she very disgustedly replied, I'm talking to you.
- So it means that my emails get replied to quite poorly.
- Uh, and to that I, I must reply, please look at the myths.
- And the old man looked at it and replied, I don't know.
- And then the horse replies, we'll then just take that.
- Let me see if Becky's replied with any designs.
Examples
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"And what does that mean?" Andrew replied, feeling somewhat irritated by the doctor's tone.
Fiction book (1990) -
The other candidate will then have one minute to reply.
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To which I reply, yes, I am.
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Did he reply to you?
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OK, next video is how to reply to a cancel date text.
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Did I have to reply?
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Caesar turned to the crowd and replied not king, but Caesar.
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To which Keith replied, have you tried the fish sandwich?
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So I've just been replying to people on Instagram.
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She quickly replied to his email with all the requested information.
Synonyms
To reply to a question or request
To say or do something as an answer to what someone says
Compounds
How Direct
Surface Forms
Etymology
Reply To reply originally meant to 'say back' to someone: the re- part means 'back' and the ply part comes from a root meaning 'fold' or 'turn'. So to reply is to send your words 'back' to another person, in other words to answer them.