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reply(1)(dictionary)
reply(2)(dictionary)
Reply(law)
reply 2, noun(dictionary)
reply-paid(dictionary)
dare 1, verb, modal verb(dictionary)
rid 2, verb(dictionary)
kit 2, verb(dictionary)
pet 2, verb(dictionary)

reply 1, verb (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: replier 'to fold again', from Latin replicare, from plicare 'to fold']
[I and T] to answer someone by saying or writing something
::I asked Clive where he was going, but he didn't reply.
::Sorry it took me so long to reply.
::'Did you see Simon today?' 'Of course,' Nathalie replied with a smile.
reply to
::Has Ian replied to your letter yet?
reply that
::Mills replied that he was staying at his parents' flat.
[I] to react to an action by doing something else
reply (to sth) with sth
::The rebel troops replied to government threats with increased violence.