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replying

replying is the present participle and gerund of reply.

Meaning of reply

Verb

reply (third-person singular simple present replies, present participle replying, simple past and past participle replied)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.
    • (intransitive) Please reply to my letter.
  2. (intransitive) To act or gesture in response.
    • Joanne replied to Pete's insult with a slap to his face.
  3. (intransitive) To repeat something back; to echo.

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Words that rhyme with replying

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Questions about replying

What is replying the present participle and gerund of?
Replying is the present participle and gerund of reply.

Words near replying in the dictionary

  1. replyallpocalypse
  2. replyallpocalypses
  3. replyed
  4. replyer
  5. replyers
  6. replying
  7. replyingly
  8. repmobile
  9. repmobiles
  10. repo
  11. repo depo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: replying (page history and authors); reply (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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