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.
–verb (used with object)
5.
to return as an answer (usually used in a negative combination or fol. by a clause with that): Not a syllable did he reply. He replied that no one would go.
–noun
6.
an answer or response in words or writing.
7.
a response made by some action, performance, etc.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME replien (v.) < MF replier to fold back, reply < L replicāre to unroll, fold back; see replicate]
—Related forms
re·pli·er, noun
—Synonyms 1. rejoin. 6. rejoinder, riposte. See answer.
c.1385, from O.Fr. replier "to reply, turn back," from L. replicare "to reply, repeat," lit. "fold back," from re- "back, again" + plicare "to fold" (see ply). The noun is first recorded 1560. Mod.Fr. répliquer is directly from L.L.
a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to 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" [syn: answer]
2.
the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; "he growled his reply"
verb
1.
react verbally; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation" [syn: answer]
to answer Example: `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.
Arabic:
يُجيب على أو عَن
Chinese (Simplified):
回答
Chinese (Traditional):
回答
Czech:
odpovědět
Danish:
svare
Dutch:
antwoorden
Estonian:
vastama
Finnish:
vastata
French:
répondre
German:
erwiedern
Greek:
απαντώ
Hungarian:
válaszol
Icelandic:
svara
Indonesian:
menjawab
Italian:
rispondere
Japanese:
答える
Korean:
대답하다, 답장하다
Latvian:
atbildēt
Lithuanian:
atsakyti
Norwegian:
svare (på), besvare
Polish:
odpowiedzieć
Portuguese (Brazil):
replicar, responder
Portuguese (Portugal):
responder
Romanian:
a răspunde, a replica
Russian:
отвечать
Slovak:
odpovedať
Slovenian:
odgovoriti
Spanish:
responder
Swedish:
svara, genmäla
Turkish:
cevap vermek
reply1[rəˈplai]noun
an answer Example: `I don't know,' was his reply; I'll write a reply to his letter.
Arabic:
جَواب
Chinese (Simplified):
答复
Chinese (Traditional):
答復
Czech:
odpověď
Danish:
svar
Dutch:
antwoord
Estonian:
vastus
Finnish:
vastaus
French:
réponse
German:
die Erwiederung
Greek:
απάντηση, απόκριση
Hungarian:
válasz
Icelandic:
svar
Indonesian:
jawaban
Italian:
risposta
Japanese:
答え
Korean:
대답, 회신
Latvian:
atbilde
Lithuanian:
atsakymas
Norwegian:
svar
Polish:
odpowiedź
Portuguese (Brazil):
resposta
Portuguese (Portugal):
resposta
Romanian:
răspuns
Russian:
ответ
Slovak:
odpoveď
Slovenian:
odgovor
Spanish:
respuesta
Swedish:
svar, genmäle
Turkish:
cevap
reply2[rəˈplai]noun
the act of answering Example: What did he say in reply (to your question)?
An"swer\, n. [OE. andsware, AS. andswaru; and against + swerian to swear. ?, ?. See Anti-, and Swear, and cf. 1st un-.]1. A reply to a change; a defense. At my first answer no man stood with me. --2 Tim. iv. 16. 2. Something said or written in reply to a question, a call, an argument, an address, or the like; a reply. A soft answer turneth away wrath. --Prov. xv. 1. I called him, but he gave me no answer. --Cant. v. 6. 3. Something done in return for, or in consequence of, something else; a responsive action. Great the slaughter is Here made by the Roman; great the answer be Britons must take. --Shak. 4. A solution, the result of a mathematical operation; as, the answer to a problem. 5. (Law) A counter-statement of facts in a course of pleadings; a confutation of what the other party has alleged; a responsive declaration by a witness in reply to a question. In Equity, it is the usual form of defense to the complainant's charges in his bill. --Bouvier. Syn: Reply; rejoinder; response. See Reply.
Re*join"der\ (-d?r), n. [From F. rejoindre, inf., to join again. See Rejoin.]1. An answer to a reply; or, in general, an answer or reply. 2. (Law) The defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication. Syn: Reply; answer; replication. See Reply.
Rep"li*ca\ (r?p"l?-k?), n. [It. See Reply, v. & n.]1. (Fine Arts) A copy of a work of art, as of a picture or statue, made by the maker of the original. 2. (Mus.) Repetition.
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