reply.
To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.
Meaning & usage
To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.
To act or gesture in response.
Joanne replied to Pete's insult with a slap to his face.
To repeat something back; to echo.
Where this word comes from
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.
A written or spoken response; part of a conversation.
Something given in reply.
A counterattack.
The answer of a figure.
A document written by a party specifically replying to a responsive declaration and in some cases an answer.
Where this word comes from
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.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.