About The Word Reply
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What's The Definition Of Reply?
[n] a statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation; "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics"
[n] the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; "he growled his reply" [v] reply or respond to; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation" Synonyms | Synonyms for Reply: answer | answer | respond | response Related Terms | Find terms related to Reply: See Also | bridle | come back | comeback | counter | counter | counterblast | echo | feedback | field | non sequitur | rejoin | rejoinder | repay | replication | rescript | retort | retort | return | return | riposte | riposte | sass | say | speech act | state | statement | tell Reply In Webster's Dictionary \Re*ply"\ (r?-pl?"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Replied}
(-pl?d"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Replying}.] [OE. replien, OF.
replier, F. r['e]pliquer, fr. L. replicare to fold back, make
a reply; pref. re- re- + plicare to fold. See {Ply}, and cf.
{Replica}.]
1. To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to
answer.
O man, who art thou that repliest against God?
--Rom. ix. 20.
2. (Law) To answer a defendant's plea.
3. Figuratively, to do something in return for something
done; as, to reply to a signal; to reply to the fire of a
battery.
Syn: To answer; respond; rejoin.
\Re*ply"\, v. t. To return for an answer. --Milton. Lords, vouchsafe To give me hearing what I shall reply. --Shak. \Re*ply"\, n.; pl. {Replies} (-pl?z"). [See {Reply}, v. i., and cf. {Replica}.] That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response. Syn: Answer; rejoinder; response. Usage: {Reply}, {Rejoinder}, {Answer}. A reply is a distinct response to a formal question or attack in speech or writing. A rejoinder is a second reply (a reply to a reply) in a protracted discussion or controversy. The word answer is used in two senses, namely (1), in the most general sense of a mere response; as, the answer to a question; or (2), in the sense of a decisive and satisfactory confutation of an adversary's argument, as when we speak of a triumphant answer to the speech or accusations of an opponent. Here the noun corresponds to a frequent use of the verb, as when we say. ``This will answer (i.e., fully meet) the end in view;'' ``It answers the purpose.'' |
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