Sekirov Dictionary

reply

/ɹɪˈplaɪ/

verb 3
noun 5
forms 5

verb3

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to say or write something back to someone who has asked or said something first
- (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.
To repeat something back; to echo.

noun5

•
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. — 1986
Something given in reply.
(US) A document written by a party specifically replying to a responsive declaration and in some cases an answer.
A counterattack.
The answer of a figure.

forms

replied · replying · replies · replieth · repliest

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