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Reply all

Meaning in business english, with examples

/rɪˌplaɪ ˈɔːl/phraseCommon term

In business english, reply all means: To answer an email so that your reply goes to the sender and to everyone else who received the original message, including people in CC.

In Turkish: tümünü yanıtla, herkese yanıt vermek

How it is used

Named after the email button. Useful when the whole group needs the answer; annoying when only the sender does. People write 'Please don't reply all' or 'Sorry for the reply-all.'

Example sentences

  1. Please reply all so the whole project team sees the new date.

  2. Someone hit reply all by mistake, and 300 people saw his comment about the budget.

Common collocations

  • hit reply all
  • reply all by mistake
  • reply-all chain
  • don't reply all
  • CCShort for carbon copy: the email field for people who should see a message for information but are not expected to act on it. Also used as a verb.
  • forwardTo send an email or message that you have received to another person, often with a short comment of your own.
  • loop inTo include someone in an email, conversation or project so that they are informed and can follow what is happening.
  • FYIShort for for your information: shows that a message is shared so the reader knows something, not because they must act on it.

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