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Answer

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Noun

1. answer, reply, response

a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation

Example Sentences:
'I waited several days for his answer'
'he wrote replies to several of his critics'

2. answer, resolution, result, solution, solvent

a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem

Example Sentences:
'they were trying to find a peaceful solution'
'the answers were in the back of the book'
'he computed the result to four decimal places'

3. answer

the speech act of replying to a question

4. answer

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

5. answer

a nonverbal reaction

Example Sentences:
'his answer to any problem was to get drunk'
'their answer was to sue me'

Verb

6. answer, reply, respond

react verbally

Example Sentences:
'She didn't want to answer'
'answer the question'
'We answered that we would accept the invitation'

7. answer

respond to a signal

Example Sentences:
'answer the door'
'answer the telephone'

8. answer

give the correct answer or solution to

Example Sentences:
'answer a question'
'answer the riddle'

9. answer, resolve

understand the meaning of

Example Sentences:
'The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered'

10. answer

give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)

Example Sentences:
'The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution'

11. answer

be liable or accountable

Example Sentences:
'She must answer for her actions'

12. answer, do, serve, suffice

be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity

Example Sentences:
'A few words would answer'
'This car suits my purpose well'
'Will $100 do?'
'A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school'
'Nothing else will serve'

13. answer

match or correspond

Example Sentences:
'The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave'

14. answer

be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of

Example Sentences:
'This may answer her needs'

15. answer

react to a stimulus or command

Example Sentences:
'The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Answer

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noun
1. 
a reply, either spoken or written, as to a question, request, letter, or article
2. 
a reaction or response in the form of an action
drunkenness was his answer to disappointment
3. 
a solution, esp of a mathematical problem
4. law
a. 
a party's written reply to his or her opponent's interrogatories
b. 
(in divorce law) the respondent's written reply to the petition
5. 
a musical phrase that follows the subject of a fugue, reproducing it a fifth higher or a fourth lower
verb
6. (when tr, may take a clause as object)
to reply or respond (to) by word or act
to answer a question
he answered
to answer the door
he answered that he would come
7. (transitive)
to reply correctly to; solve or attempt to solve
I could answer only three questions
8. (intransitive; usually foll by to)
to respond or react (to a stimulus, command, etc)
the steering answers to the slightest touch
9. (transitive)
to pay off (a debt, obligation, etc); discharge
10. (when intr, often foll by for)
to meet the requirements (of); be satisfactory (for); serve the purpose (of)
this will answer his needs
this will answer for a chisel
11. (when intr, often foll by to)
to match or correspond (esp in the phrase answer (or answer to) the description)
12. (transitive)
to give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)

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Answer

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noun
1. 
something said or written in return to a question, argument, letter, etc.
2. 
any act in response or retaliation
his answer was a well-aimed blow
3. 
one that is a counterpart or equivalent of another, often as the result of imitation
Japan's answer to Sherlock Holmes
4. 
a solution to a problem
5.  Law
a written pleading by which the defendant replies to the plaintiff's charges; defense
6.  Music
in a fugue, the second or fourth restatement of the subject in another voice and transposed to another key, usually at the interval of a fourth or fifth
verb intransitive
7. 
to reply in words, by an action, etc.
8. 
to react to a stimulus; respond (to)
the horse answered to its rider's touch
9. 
to serve the purpose; be sufficient
10. 
to be responsible or liable (to a person for an action, accusation, etc.)
11. 
to be in conformity; correspond (to)
he answers to the description
verb transitive
12. 
a. 
to reply to in words, by an action, etc.
b. 
to say or write in reply
13. 
to respond to the signal of (a telephone, doorbell, etc.)
14. 
to fulfill satisfactorily; comply with; be sufficient for; serve
the makeshift tent answered their purpose
15. 
to defend oneself against (an accusation, criticism, etc.); refute
16. 
to agree with; conform to; suit
he answers the description
17.  Obsolete
to atone for

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Answer

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n.
1.
a. A spoken or written reply, as to a question.
b. A correct reply.
2.
a. A solution, as to a problem.
b. A correct solution.
3. An act in response or retaliation: Our only possible answer was to sue.
4. Something markedly similar to another of the same class: cable TV's answer to the commercial networks' sportscasts.
5. Law A defendant's response to the allegations against him or her.
v. an·swered, an·swer·ing, an·swers
v.intr.
1. To speak or write as a return, as to a question.
2. To act in response: Their team scored, but our team answered with a quick goal.
3. To be liable or accountable: You must answer for your actions to your supervisor.
4. To serve the purpose; suffice: "Often I do use three words where one would answer" (Mark Twain).
5. To correspond; match: I found a dog answering to that description.
v.tr.
1.
a. To speak or write in response to: answer a question.
b. To say or write in reply: He answered that he was unable to join us.
c. To argue in defense of oneself against (an accusation or charge).
2. To act in response to: The police answered the call for help. The soldiers answered the attack.
3. To be sufficient for (a need, for instance); fulfill: "My fortune has answered my desires" (Izaak Walton).
4. To conform or correspond to: The suspect answers the description given by the police.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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