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/'ænsər/
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Definitions of answer
  1. verb
    react verbally
    "She didn't want to answer" "answer the question" "We answered that we would accept the invitation"

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    reply respond
    type of:
    state tell say
  2. verb
    be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
    "A few words would answer"

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    do serve suffice
  3. noun
    a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
    "the answers were in the back of the book"

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    resolution result solution solvent
    type of:
    statement
  4. noun
    a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
    "I waited several days for his answer"

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    reply response
    type of:
    statement
  5. verb
    understand the meaning of
    "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered"

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    resolve
  6. noun
    a nonverbal reaction
    "his answer to any problem was to get drunk" "their answer was to sue me"
    type of:
    reaction response
  7. verb
    be liable or accountable
    "She must answer for her actions"
    type of:
    be
  8. verb
    be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of
    "This may answer her needs"
  9. verb
    give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
    "The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution"
    type of:
    rebut refute
  10. verb
    give the correct answer or solution to
    "answer a question" "answer the riddle"
  11. verb
    match or correspond
    "The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave"
  12. verb
    react to a stimulus or command
    "The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch"
    type of:
    respond react
  13. verb
    respond to a signal
    "answer the door" "answer the telephone"
    type of:
    respond react
  14. noun
    the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
    type of:
    pleading
  15. noun
    the speech act of replying to a question
    Opposite:
    question
    type of:
    reply response
Examples of answer
  • "She didn't want to answer"
  • "answer the question"
  • "We answered that we would accept the invitation"
  • "A few words would answer"
  • "the answers were in the back of the book"
  • "I waited several days for his answer"
  • "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered"
  • "his answer to any problem was to get drunk"
  • "their answer was to sue me"
  • "She must answer for her actions"
  • "This may answer her needs"
  • "The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution"
  • "answer a question"
  • "answer the riddle"
  • "The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave"
  • "The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch"
  • "answer the door"
  • "answer the telephone"
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