ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Auto-reply

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Auto-reply is a noun meaning (email, computing, countable) A message sent by this means.

Meaning

(email, computing, countable) A message sent by this means.

More Meanings

  1. (email, computing, uncountable) A feature in e-mail software that sends automatic replies, used for instance when the recipient of a message is on holiday.

Example Sentences

I'd like to be able to disable auto-reply for certain users.
I sent an email to the school secretary, only to receive an auto-reply.
If you have tried to accomplish work in August that requires outside assistance (work like scheduling, deal making, or, say, researching an article about out-of-office auto-replies), you probably ride this particular emotional roller coaster several times a day.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include autoresponse, autoaway, autoanswer, autosend, out-of-office, answerback.

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