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Definitions for Reply

[1] to make answer in words or writing; answer; respond: to reply to a question.
[2] to respond by some action, performance, etc.: to reply to the enemy's fire.
[3] to return a sound; echo; resound.
[4] Law . to answer a defendant's plea.
[5] to return as an answer (usually used in a negative combination or followed by a clause with that ): Not a syllable did he reply. He replied that no one would go.
[6] an answer or response in words or writing.
[7] a response made by some action, performance, etc.
[8] to make answer (to) in words or writing or by an action; respond he replied with an unexpected move
[9] (tr; takes a clause as object) to say (something) in answer he replied that he didn't want to come
[10] law to answer a defendant's plea
[11] to return (a sound); echo
[12] an answer made in words or writing or through an action; response
[13] the answer made by a plaintiff or petitioner to a defendant's case

Words related to Reply

reaction, feedback, rejoinder, retort, response, acknowledgment, respond, acknowledge, counter, react, return, sass, retaliation, echo, reciprocation, lip, comeback, wisecrack, riposte, antiphon

Words nearby Reply

replication, replicative, replicator, replicon, replisome, reply, reply card, repo, repoint, repolarization, repone

Origin of Reply

1350–1400; Middle English replien (v.) < Middle French replier to fold back, reply < Latin replicāre to unroll, fold back; see replicate

Other words from Reply

re·pli·er , noun
un·re·plied , adjective
un·re·ply·ing , adjective

Word origin for Reply

C14: from Old French replier to fold again, reply, from Latin replicāre to fold back, from re- + plicāre to fold

Synonyms for Reply

acknowledgment, feedback, reaction, rejoinder, response, retort, antiphon, comeback, counter, echo, lip, reciprocation, respond, retaliation, return, riposte, sass, vibes, wisecrack, back talk, knee-jerk reaction, snappy comeback