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/ɹɪˈplaɪ/ · verb
(transitive, intransitive) To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer..
(intransitive) Please reply to my letter.
(transitive) "Sorry I'm late," replied the student.
(transitive) He replied that he was not sure.
Joanne replied to Pete's insult with a slap to his face.
It is a sound to be dreaded until you ascertain that it is being made by friendly forces; even then, your welcome to it must be tempered with some caution, because gunfire usually leads to replying gunfire[…]
[…] bulged the onion bag for the Blades, and Downes and Prendergast replied for the Owls.
For example, it is said that someone at a party once asked the famous philosopher Ly Tin Weedle ‘Why are you here?’ And the reply took three years.
Use reply when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Reply means (transitive, intransitive) To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer..
Common synonyms include respond, answer, retort, answer back.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
(intransitive) Please reply to my letter.
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