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[Re*ply·]

Whenever you say something in response to someone, you reply. If your teacher asks why you're late to school, you might reply, "Sorry, I missed the bus."

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To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer.

Noun
a statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation; "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics"

Noun
the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; "he growled his reply"

Verb
reply or respond to; "She didn''t want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation"

v. i.
To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer.

v. i.
To answer a defendant's plea.

v. i.
Figuratively, to do something in return for something done; as, to reply to a signal; to reply to the fire of a battery.

v. t.
To return for an answer.

v. i.
That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response.

Reply

Re*ply" (r?-pl?"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Replied (-pl?d"); p. pr. & vb. n. Replying.] [OE. replien, OF. replier, F. r'82pliquer, fr. L. replicare to fold back, make a reply; pref. re- re- + plicare to fold. See Ply, and cf. Replica.] 1. To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer.

O man, who art thou that repliest against God?

2. (Law) To answer a defendant's plea. 3. Figuratively, to do something in return for something done; as, to reply to a signal; to reply to the fire of a battery. Syn. -- To answer; respond; rejoin.

Reply

Re*ply", v. t. To return for an answer. Milton.

Lords, vouchsafe To give me hearing what I shall reply.

Reply

Re*ply", n.; pl. Replies (-plz"). [See Reply, v. i., and cf. Replica.] That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response. Syn. -- Answer; rejoinder; response. -- Reply, Rejoinder, Answer. A reply is a distinct response to a formal question or attack in speech or writing. A rejoinder is a second reply (a reply to a reply) in a protracted discussion or controversy. The word answer is used in two senses, namely (1), in the most general sense of a mere response; as, the answer to a question; or (2), in the sense of a decisive and satisfactory confutation of an adversary's argument, as when we speak of a triumphant answer to the speech or accusations of an opponent. Here the noun corresponds to a frequent use of the verb, as when we say. "This will answer (i.e., fully meet) the end in view;" "It answers the purpose."

To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer.

To return for an answer.

That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response.

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Usage Examples

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.

Silence is true wisdom's best reply.

I am surprised by how not-adopted the video reply has been. What keeps other people from doing it, I think, is that they think a video comes across as 'I'm cool, look at how many e-mails I get.' That perception doesn't scare me, because I know who I am.

There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenceless people.

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Other Usage Examples

The hope of a new politics does not lie in formulating a left-wing reply to the right-it lies in rejecting conventional political categories.

Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we cannot soar by saying, 'Just watch!'

This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.

The proper reply to right wing religiosity is not to insist that politics and religion don't mix. This is the stock response of the left.

If you meet a woman in a burqa, she can't reply to your smile. It's a denial of identity.