reply

1. 1

   To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.intransitivetransitive

   • (intransitive) Please reply to my letter.
   • (transitive) "Sorry I'm late," replied the student.
2. 2

   To act or gesture in response.intransitive

   • Joanne replied to Pete's insult with a slap to his face.
3. 3

   To repeat something back; to echo.intransitive

syn. respond · answer back · react · rejoin · counter · revert · follow up · get back to · answer · retort · return

1. 1

   A written or spoken response; part of a conversation.

   • For example, it is said that someone at a party once asked the famous philosopher Ly Tin Weedle ‘Why are you here?’ And the reply took three years.
2. 2

   Something given in reply.

3. 3

   A counterattack.

4. 4

   The answer of a figure.

5. 5

   A document written by a party specifically replying to a responsive declaration and in some cases an answer.US

syn. answer · retort · return · comeback · response · account · rejoinder · riposte · reaction · rebuttal