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There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun reply, one of which is labelled obsolete. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation ...
(transitive, intransitive) To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.
term: Reply. reply n. : a plaintiff's or complainant's response to a plea, allegation, or counterclaim in the defendant's answer.
1. [intransitive, transitive]ANSWER/REPLY to answer someone by saying or writing something I asked Clive where he was going, but he didn't reply.
to say or write something as an answer to someone or something. reply (to somebody/something) (with something) to reply to a question/an advertisement.
an action or motion in response to something. When the ship's crew saw the signal from the shore, they raised a flag in reply.
1. to make answer (to) in words or writing or by an action; respond he replied with an unexpected move 2. (tr; takes a clause as object) to say (something) in ...
A reply is when someone answers back to something that was said or written to them. In legal terms, it can refer to a plaintiff's response to a defendant's ...
To answer, or respond, in speech or writing. Webster's New World To speak or write as a reaction to a question or other prompting.
1. To speak or write as a reaction to a question or other prompting. 2. To act in reaction or as a response: The enemy's bigs guns replied to the salvo.