how to pronounce reply

/ɹɪpˈlaɪ/

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reply is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of reply in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… putin's reply in effect it takes one to …”

meaning of reply

Reply means to answer a question or make a comment in response to a question.

reply frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word reply occurs in english on average 22.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics reply can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that reply can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;