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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024re•ply /rɪˈplaɪ/USA pronunciation v., -plied, -ply•ing, n., pl. -plies. v. - to give an answer in words or writing;
respond: [no object]to reply to a question.[~ + that clause]He replied that no one would go. - to respond by some action:[no object]to reply to the enemy's fire by firing back.
n. [countable] - a response in words or writing:received a reply to her letter.
- a response in the form of some action:Their reply was a salvo from the huge guns.
Idioms- in reply, in an answer:What did you say in reply?
See -plic-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re•ply (ri plī′),USA pronunciation v., -plied, -ply•ing, n., pl. -plies. v.i. - to make answer in words or writing;
answer;
respond:to reply to a question. - to respond by some action, performance, etc.:to reply to the enemy's fire.
- to return a sound;
echo;
resound. - Lawto answer a defendant's plea.
v.t. - to return as an answer (usually used in a negative combination or fol. by a clause with that):Not a syllable did he reply. He replied that no one would go.
n. - an answer or response in words or writing.
- a response made by some action, performance, etc.
- Latin replicāre to unroll, fold back; see replicate
- Middle French replier to fold back, reply
- Middle English replien (verb, verbal) 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rejoin.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rejoinder, riposte. See answer.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: reply /rɪˈplaɪ/ vb ( -plies, -plying, -plied)(mainly intr)- to make answer (to) in words or writing or by an action; respond
- (tr; takes a clause as object) to say (something) in answer: he replied that he didn't want to come
- to answer a defendant's plea
- to return (a sound); echo
n ( pl -plies)- 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
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French replier to fold again, reply, from Latin replicāre to fold back, from re- + plicāre to foldreˈplier n |