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Answering
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Answering
see synonyms of answeringnoun
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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Answering
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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
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Answering
see synonyms of answeringn.
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.
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