Synonyms: answer, respond, correspond, return
| Part of speech | verb |
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| Pronunciation | /ˈɹɪplaɪ̯/, /ɹəˈplaɪ̯/ |
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| Hyphenation | re·ply |
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Conjugation
| Indicative mood |
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| Present tense | Past tense |
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| (I) reply | (I) replied |
| (thou) repliest | (thou) repliedst |
| (he) replies, replieth | (he) replied |
| (we) reply | (we) replied |
| (you) reply | (you) replied |
| (they) reply | (they) replied |
| Subjunctive mood |
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| Present tense | Past tense |
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| (I) reply | (I) replied |
| (thou) reply | (thou) replied |
| (he) reply | (he) replied |
| (we) reply | (we) replied |
| (you) reply | (you) replied |
| (they) reply | (they) replied |
| Imperative mood |
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| reply |
| Participles |
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| Present participle | Past participle |
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| replying | replied |
The Africans looked sullenly at the ground, but did not reply.
“We were afraid”, the man replied.
“He didn’t say”, Mat replied uncomfortably.