reply

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɹɪˈplaɪ/ Hyphenation: re‧ply Rhymes: -aɪ === Verb === reply (third-person singular simple present replies, present participle replying, simple past and past participle replied) (transitive, intransitive) 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. (transitive) He replied that he was not sure. (intransitive) To act or gesture in response. (intransitive) To repeat something back; to echo. ==== Synonyms ==== respond, answer, retort, answer back, react, rejoin, counter, return, revert, follow up, get back to ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === reply (plural replies) A written or spoken response; part of a conversation. Something given in reply. A counterattack. (music) The answer of a figure. (US, law) A document written by a party specifically replying to a responsive declaration and in some cases an answer. ==== Synonyms ==== answer, comeback, response, retort, return, account, rejoinder, riposte, reaction ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Derived terms === === Anagrams === lepry, plyer