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Replication

An answer; a reply.

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Broader term 9

Copy 76% connected

An abundance or plenty of anything.

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Copying 76% connected

of Copy

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Pleading 76% connected

of Plead

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Reflection 76% connected

The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected.

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Reflexion 76% connected

See Reflection.

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Repeating 76% connected

of Repeat

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Repetition 76% connected

The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration.

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Reply 76% connected

To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer.

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Response 76% connected

The act of responding.

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Narrower term 4

Lip 76% connected

One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to…

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Mouth 76% connected

The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and tee…

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Scanning 76% connected

of Scan

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Toy 76% connected

A plaything for children; a bawble.

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Derivationally related 8

Copy 74% connected

An abundance or plenty of anything.

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Copy 74% connected

An abundance or plenty of anything.

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Reproduce 74% connected

To produce again.

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Reproduce 74% connected

To produce again.

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Return 74% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

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Return 74% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

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Synonym 8

Counter 92% connected

A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.

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Echo 92% connected

A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound.

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Rejoinder 92% connected

An answer to a reply; or, in general, an answer or reply.

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Replica 92% connected

A copy of a work of art, as of a picture or statue, made by the maker of the original.

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Reproduction 92% connected

The act or process of reproducing; the state of being reproduced

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Retort 92% connected

To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Return 92% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reverberation 92% connected

The act of reverberating; especially, the act of reflecting light or heat, or reechoing sound; as, the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the rever…

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