Meaning of reply | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.
   intransitive, transitive
2. To say or give as an answer: I replied that I was unable to help them.
3. To act or gesture in response.
   intransitive
4. To speak or act in response, as to a question:answer, rejoin, respond, retort, return, riposte.
5. To repeat something back; to echo.
   intransitive
6. Something spoken or written in return, as to a question or demand:answer, rejoinder, response.
7. to answer. `I don't know,' he replied; Should I reply to his letter?; She replied that she had never seen the man before; She replied by shrugging her shoulders. antwoord يُجيب على أو عَن отговарям responder odpovědět erwiedern svare απαντώresponder vastama پاسخ دادن؛ واکنش نشان دادن vastata répondre לַעֲנוֹת जवाब देना, बदले में कुछ करना odgovoriti, uzvratiti válaszol menjawab svara rispondere 答える 대답하다 atsakyti atbildēt menjawab antwoordensvare, besvareodpowiedzieć ځواب وركول، ځواب ويل respon...
8. To speak or write as a reaction to a question or other prompting.
9. To act in reaction or as a response: The enemy's bigs guns replied to the salvo. See Synonyms at answer.
10. Law To respond to the defendant's answer or plea.
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11. A word or a series of words spoken or written in reaction, as to a question or request.
12. An act made in reaction or response.
13. Law A plaintiff's response to the defendant's answer or plea, especially with regard to counterclaims made by the defendant.
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Equivalents

Examples

“(intransitive) Please reply to my letter.”

“(transitive) "Sorry I'm late," replied the student.”

“(transitive) He replied that he was not sure.”

“Joanne replied to Pete's insult with a slap to his face.”

“It is a sound to be dreaded until you ascertain that it is being made by friendly forces; even then, your welcome to it must be tempered with some caution, because gunfire usually leads to replying gunfire[…]”

“[…] bulged the onion bag for the Blades, and Downes and Prendergast replied for the Owls.”

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