Reply
verb
To give an answer or say something in response.
When I asked him about his trip, he replied that it was wonderful.
Often appears as...
- reply to a question
- reply promptly
noun
An answer or response.
I'm expecting a reply to my email by tomorrow.
Often appears as...
- wait for a reply
- send a reply
verb
To repeat something as an affirmation or response.
I politely replied the greeting when I met him.
Often appears as...
- reply yes
- reply no
verb
To give an answer or say something in response.
When I asked him about his trip, he replied that it was wonderful.
Often appears as...
- reply to a question
- reply promptly
noun
An answer or response.
I'm expecting a reply to my email by tomorrow.
Often appears as...
- wait for a reply
- send a reply
verb
To repeat something as an affirmation or response.
I politely replied the greeting when I met him.
Often appears as...
- reply yes
- reply no
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Promptness Matters
Using 'reply' highlights the expectation of a timely response, suggesting it shouldn't be delayed.
She emailed her teacher and awaited a quick reply.
Pro Tip 2/3Sincere Acknowledgment
'Reply' carries a tone of respect, showing that you give proper attention to the other person.
He replied to her farewell with a warm smile.
Pro Tip 3/3Engagement Level
Using 'reply to a question' indicates that you're engaging directly with what's asked.
When questioned about his plans, he replied without hesitation.
Pro Tip 1/3Promptness Matters
Using 'reply' highlights the expectation of a timely response, suggesting it shouldn't be delayed.
She emailed her teacher and awaited a quick reply.
Pro Tip 2/3Sincere Acknowledgment
'Reply' carries a tone of respect, showing that you give proper attention to the other person.
He replied to her farewell with a warm smile.
Pro Tip 3/3Engagement Level
Using 'reply to a question' indicates that you're engaging directly with what's asked.
When questioned about his plans, he replied without hesitation.
Pro Tip 1/3Promptness Matters
Using 'reply' highlights the expectation of a timely response, suggesting it shouldn't be delayed.
She emailed her teacher and awaited a quick reply.
Pro Tip 2/3Sincere Acknowledgment
'Reply' carries a tone of respect, showing that you give proper attention to the other person.
He replied to her farewell with a warm smile.
Pro Tip 3/3Engagement Level
Using 'reply to a question' indicates that you're engaging directly with what's asked.
When questioned about his plans, he replied without hesitation.
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How fast are you moving...
to his incredible insights about the speed of light and forward time travel. Knowing how to identify what is deeply real is tough and important work. If a police officer ever pulls you over for speeding and asks, "Do you know how fast you were going?" an insightful, though perhaps unwise, reply
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Why some of us don't...
you learned it from the culture. We are first asked the question "What do you want to be when you grow up?" when we're about five years old. And the truth is that no one really cares what you say when you're that age. It's considered an innocuous question, posed to little kids to elicit cute replies,
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Sir David Attenborough...
they discovered that it had the beginnings of an air-breathing lung if any animal in the world deserves much used expression living fossil it's surely this this was different yet it must be the voice of the endless it could be nothing else they were replying to their recorded
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How to manage your time...
So with your emails, insisting on always doing the very most important thing first could lead to a meltdown. Waking up to an inbox three times fuller than normal could take nine times longer to clear. You’d be better off replying in chronological order, or even at random!
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Bonus: Shooting Bears PIPE...
make some we're gonna make some real money with this picture his reply was dad you can have the credit I want the money and then four months afterwards whenever I come home he'd be say dad did that picture sell yet that pictures on yeah so I told him I said you know
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The difference between...
Someone asked a lady teacher why she taught, and after some time, she said she wanted to think about that. Then she came up and said, "They ask me why I teach, and I reply, 'Where could I find such splendid company?' There sits a statesman, strong, unbiased, wise;
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Why you should define...
And he replied with two pages of text. This is very unlike him. He is a terse dude. And not only was he familiar with stoicism, but he pointed out, for all of his most important decisions, his inflection points, when he stood up for his principles and ethics,
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You are not alone in...
Instead of just replying to me, people started replying to each other, and they started to talk to each other and share their own experiences and comfort each other and encourage each other to reach out to that friend that they hadn't spoken to in a while
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How to deal with...
and he said are you so and so's daughter and I replied yes and he'd been a guest at one of my mother's dinner parties after I left this meeting my editor told me that he had said how I always wondered how that little girl would
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How the mysterious dark...
A couple of hours later, I get a reply. They always reply. "Hi there, thanks for your email. Starting small is a wise thing to do. I would, too, if I were you." "So no problem if you'd like to start with just one gram.
Video examples
How fast are you moving...
to his incredible insights about the speed of light and forward time travel. Knowing how to identify what is deeply real is tough and important work. If a police officer ever pulls you over for speeding and asks, "Do you know how fast you were going?" an insightful, though perhaps unwise, reply
Video examples
Why some of us don't...
you learned it from the culture. We are first asked the question "What do you want to be when you grow up?" when we're about five years old. And the truth is that no one really cares what you say when you're that age. It's considered an innocuous question, posed to little kids to elicit cute replies,
Video examples
Sir David Attenborough...
they discovered that it had the beginnings of an air-breathing lung if any animal in the world deserves much used expression living fossil it's surely this this was different yet it must be the voice of the endless it could be nothing else they were replying to their recorded
Video examples
How to manage your time...
So with your emails, insisting on always doing the very most important thing first could lead to a meltdown. Waking up to an inbox three times fuller than normal could take nine times longer to clear. You’d be better off replying in chronological order, or even at random!
Video examples
Bonus: Shooting Bears PIPE...
make some we're gonna make some real money with this picture his reply was dad you can have the credit I want the money and then four months afterwards whenever I come home he'd be say dad did that picture sell yet that pictures on yeah so I told him I said you know
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The difference between...
Someone asked a lady teacher why she taught, and after some time, she said she wanted to think about that. Then she came up and said, "They ask me why I teach, and I reply, 'Where could I find such splendid company?' There sits a statesman, strong, unbiased, wise;
Video examples
Why you should define...
And he replied with two pages of text. This is very unlike him. He is a terse dude. And not only was he familiar with stoicism, but he pointed out, for all of his most important decisions, his inflection points, when he stood up for his principles and ethics,
Video examples
You are not alone in...
Instead of just replying to me, people started replying to each other, and they started to talk to each other and share their own experiences and comfort each other and encourage each other to reach out to that friend that they hadn't spoken to in a while
Video examples
How to deal with...
and he said are you so and so's daughter and I replied yes and he'd been a guest at one of my mother's dinner parties after I left this meeting my editor told me that he had said how I always wondered how that little girl would
Video examples
How the mysterious dark...
A couple of hours later, I get a reply. They always reply. "Hi there, thanks for your email. Starting small is a wise thing to do. I would, too, if I were you." "So no problem if you'd like to start with just one gram.
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Ginger Zee
American Scientist
If someone hurts me on social media, I want to tell them that they've hurt me. I believe you should say what you're feeling. We should all do that, but what I've also realized is that even a negative comment is from a person who is trying to reach out. When I reply, maybe I'm reminding them that there's a deeper meaning to what they're doing.
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Tyler Oakley
American Entertainer
I spend all day replying to tweets and reblogging posts and sharing fan art. I think it's the most important thing I can possibly do, to stay involved in the community as a part of the community, not ahead of the community. I'm very much the same level of them in it.
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Jesse Ball
American Poet
In life, people talk at right angles. One asks a question, and the other replies in part, then uses that part to move the conversation to something else. Everyone has an agenda, has something they're trying to say - or not say.
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Kareena Kapoor Khan
Indian Actress
My co-stars call me selfish. They say, 'You are only interested in yourself and what you are only interested is yourself and what you are doing in front of the camera.' I reply, 'I can't help it; it's what got me where I am.
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Sandra Cisneros
American Author
I liked the books I read that said things like 'I shan't'. I would try to find a way to say in my life, to reply, 'I shan't do that, mother.' That was so far away from my barrio world.
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Fiona Bruce
British Journalist
My kids once said, 'What would you do if you hadn't got us?' I replied, 'I'd be more successful and I'd have more friends, but I wouldn't be as happy.
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Roy Blount, Jr.
American Writer
The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word processor.', I replied, 'They used to say the same thing about drugs.
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Markus Persson
Swedish Businessman
Any email that contains the words 'important' or 'urgent' never are, and annoy me to the point of not replying out of principle.
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Mickey Rooney
American Actor
When I say I do, the justice of the peace replies, 'I know, I know...
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Euripides
Greek Poet
Silence is true wisdom's best reply.
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Ginger Zee
American Scientist
If someone hurts me on social media, I want to tell them that they've hurt me. I believe you should say what you're feeling. We should all do that, but what I've also realized is that even a negative comment is from a person who is trying to reach out. When I reply, maybe I'm reminding them that there's a deeper meaning to what they're doing.
Quote examples
Tyler Oakley
American Entertainer
I spend all day replying to tweets and reblogging posts and sharing fan art. I think it's the most important thing I can possibly do, to stay involved in the community as a part of the community, not ahead of the community. I'm very much the same level of them in it.
Quote examples
Jesse Ball
American Poet
In life, people talk at right angles. One asks a question, and the other replies in part, then uses that part to move the conversation to something else. Everyone has an agenda, has something they're trying to say - or not say.
Quote examples
Kareena Kapoor Khan
Indian Actress
My co-stars call me selfish. They say, 'You are only interested in yourself and what you are only interested is yourself and what you are doing in front of the camera.' I reply, 'I can't help it; it's what got me where I am.
Quote examples
Sandra Cisneros
American Author
I liked the books I read that said things like 'I shan't'. I would try to find a way to say in my life, to reply, 'I shan't do that, mother.' That was so far away from my barrio world.
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Fiona Bruce
British Journalist
My kids once said, 'What would you do if you hadn't got us?' I replied, 'I'd be more successful and I'd have more friends, but I wouldn't be as happy.
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Roy Blount, Jr.
American Writer
The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word processor.', I replied, 'They used to say the same thing about drugs.
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Markus Persson
Swedish Businessman
Any email that contains the words 'important' or 'urgent' never are, and annoy me to the point of not replying out of principle.
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Mickey Rooney
American Actor
When I say I do, the justice of the peace replies, 'I know, I know...
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Euripides
Greek Poet
Silence is true wisdom's best reply.
Example 1 of 10
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