reply

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Estimated CEFR level: A1 — Beginner

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Definition

  1. noun a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
  2. noun the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
  3. verb react verbally

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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Synonyms

answer, response

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