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Noun reply has 2 senses
- answer, reply, response - 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 critics"
--1 is a kind of statement
--1 has particulars: rescript; feedback
- reply, response - the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; "he growled his reply"
--2 is a kind of speech act
--2 has particulars:
Verb reply has 1 sense
- answer, reply, respond - reply or respond to; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation"
--1 is one way to state, say, tell
Sample sentence:
They reply that there was a traffic accident
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