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Added 9 October 2026

reply

/ɹɪˈplaɪ/ verb

In Latin: respondeō, resequor Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about reply at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.
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

A written or spoken response; part of a conversation.
Something given in reply.
A counterattack.

Origin

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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