reply : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: reply	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for reply
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reply n 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" Synonym(s): answer, reply, response the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; "he growled his reply" Synonym(s): reply, response v react verbally; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation" Synonym(s): answer, reply, respond
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reply \Reply"\ (r?-pl?"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Replied} (-pl?d"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Replying}.] [OE. replien, OF. replier, F. r[82]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reply \Re*ply"\, v. t. To return for an answer. --Milton. Lords, vouchsafe To give me hearing what I shall reply. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reply \Reply"\, 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. [bd]This will answer (i.e., fully meet) the end in view;[b8] [bd]It answers the purpose.[b8]
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
reply n. See {followup}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
reply See {followup}.