reply
To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.
Verb 3 meanings
To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.
“(intransitive) Please reply to my letter.”
To act or gesture in response.
“Joanne replied to Pete's insult with a slap to his face.”
To repeat something back; to echo.
Noun 4 meanings
A written or spoken response; part of a conversation.
Something given in reply.
A counterattack.
The answer of a figure.
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.
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REPLY at a glance
REPLY has 5 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (R 1 + E 1 + P 3 + L 1 + Y 4) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,957 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with reply
All rhymesOne letter away
- REPAY10
- REPLA7
- REDLY9
- REFLY11
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