meaning of reply
1. To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer.
2. To answer a defendants 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.
4. To return for an answer.
5. That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response.
6. a statement either spoken or written that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation; "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his
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