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Reply

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

verbCore term

In office & administration, reply means: To answer a message, question, or request in speech or writing.

In Turkish: yanıtlamak

How it is used

Very common in email, chat, and formal correspondence. Often followed by to, or used with promptly, directly, or in writing.

Example sentences

  1. Please reply to the supplier by four o'clock so we can confirm tomorrow's stationery delivery before the warehouse closes.

    Here, reply means sending an answer to a business message within a deadline so the next administrative step can happen.

  2. She did not reply to my email thread until Monday because she was out of office during the conference.

    In this sentence, the word refers to responding to written communication, specifically an email conversation already in progress.

Common collocations

  • reply promptly
  • reply in writing
  • reply to an email
  • reply directly
  • reply allTo answer an email by sending your reply to the sender and to everyone else who received the original message.
  • forwardTo send an email or message you have received on to another person, or to send calls or post on to a different number or address.

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