Definitions of answer
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To
reply;
to
respond;
to
be
suitable.
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To
speak
or
write
in
reply
to
a
question,
request,
letter,
etc.;
respond
to
an
act;
as,
to
answer
the
bell;
to
be
accountable
for;
as,
he
had
to
answer
for
his
sins;
to
reply
to
a
charge.
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To
reply
to:
to
satisfy
or
solve:
to
suit.
-
To
reply
to;
satisfy;
suit.
-
To
speak
or
act
in
response
to;
acknowledge;
reply;
especially,
to
reply
favorably;
retaliate;
controvert;
solve,
as
a
riddle.
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To
be
sufficient
for;
correspond
to;
atone
for;
expiate.
-
To
speak
or
write
by
way
of
return (
originally,
to
a
charge),
or
in
reply;
to
make
response.
-
To
make
a
satisfactory
response
or
return.
-
To
render
account,
or
to
be
responsible;
to
be
accountable;
to
make
amends;
as,
the
man
must
answer
to
his
employer
for
the
money
intrusted
to
his
care.
-
To
be
or
act
in
return.
-
To
be
or
act
by
way
of
compliance,
fulfillment,
reciprocation,
or
satisfaction;
to
serve
the
purpose;
as,
gypsum
answers
as
a
manure
on
some
soils.
-
To
be
opposite,
or
to
act
in
opposition.
-
To
be
or
act
as
an
equivalent,
or
as
adequate
or
sufficient;
as,
a
very
few
will
answer.
-
To
be
or
act
in
conformity,
or
by
way
of
accommodation,
correspondence,
relation,
or
proportion;
to
conform;
to
correspond;
to
suit; -
usually
with
to.
-
To
reply:
to
be
accountable
for:
to
correspond.
-
To
reply;
succeed;
be
accountable
for;
correspond.
-
give
the
correct
answer
or
solution
to; "
answer
a
question"; "
answer
the
riddle"
-
react
to
a
stimulus
or
command; "
The
steering
of
my
new
car
answers
to
the
slightest
touch"
-
respond
to
a
signal; "
answer
the
door"; "
answer
the
telephone"
-
match
or
correspond; "
The
drawing
of
the
suspect
answers
to
the
description
the
victim
gave"
-
To
reply
or
respond;
correspond;
be
sufficient.
-
To
be
responsible;
atone.
-
To
reply
to;
to
respond
to;
to
refute;
to
atone
for;
to
be
sufficient
for;
to
suit;
to
be
opposite
to;
to
solve.
-
To
reply;
to
be
accountable
for;
to
suit.
-
a
nonverbal
reaction; "
his
answer
to
any
problem
was
to
get
drunk"; "
their
answer
was
to
sue
me"
-
the
principle
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
-
the
speech
act
of
replying
to
a
question
-
give
a
defence
or
refutation
of (
a
charge)
or
in (
an
argument); "
The
defendant
answered
to
all
the
charges
of
the
prosecution"
-
To
speak
in
defense
against;
to
reply
to
in
defense;
as,
to
answer
a
charge;
to
answer
an
accusation.
-
To
speak
or
write
in
return
to,
as
in
return
to
a
call
or
question,
or
to
a
speech,
declaration,
argument,
or
the
like;
to
reply
to (
a
question,
remark,
etc.);
to
respond
to.
-
To
respond
to
satisfactorily;
to
meet
successfully
by
way
of
explanation,
argument,
or
justification,
and
the
like;
to
refute.
-
To
be
or
act
in
return
or
response
to.
-
To
be
or
act
in
compliance
with,
in
fulfillment
or
satisfaction
of,
as
an
order,
obligation,
demand;
as,
he
answered
my
claim
upon
him;
the
servant
answered
the
bell.
-
To
render
account
to
or
for.
-
To
atone;
to
be
punished
for.
-
To
be
opposite
to;
to
face.
-
To
be
or
act
an
equivalent
to,
or
as
adequate
or
sufficient
for;
to
serve
for;
to
repay.
-
To
be
or
act
in
accommodation,
conformity,
relation,
or
proportion
to;
to
correspond
to;
to
suit.
-
A
reply
to
a
change;
a
defense.
-
Something
said
or
written
in
reply
to
a
question,
a
call,
an
argument,
an
address,
or
the
like;
a
reply.
-
Something
done
in
return
for,
or
in
consequence
of,
something
else;
a
responsive
action.
-
A
solution,
the
result
of
a
mathematical
operation;
as,
the
answer
to
a
problem.
-
A
counter-
statement
of
facts
in
a
course
of
pleadings;
a
confutation
of
what
the
other
party
has
alleged;
a
responsive
declaration
by
a
witness
in
reply
to
a
question.
In
Equity,
it
is
the
usual
form
of
defense
to
the
complainant's
charges
in
his
bill.
-
A
defendant's
written
response
to
a
plaintiff's
initial
court
filing (
called
a
complaint
or
petition).
An
answer
normally
denies
some
or
all
facts
asserted
by
the
complaint,
and
sometimes
seeks
to
turn
the
tables
on
the
plaintiff
by
making
allegations
or
charges
against
the
plaintiff (
called
counterclaims).
Normally
a
defendant
has
30
days
in
which
to
file
an
answer
after
being
served
with
the
plaintiff's
complaint.
In
some
courts,
an
answer
is
simply
called
a "
response."
-
A
response
or
rejoinder;
a
reply
to
a
charge;
a
solution,
as
of
a
mathematical
problem.
-
A
reply:
a
solution.
-
A
reply;
solution.
-
A
reply
or
response;
refutation;
retaliation;
solution.
-
A
reply;
an
account
to
be
rendered
to
justice;
a
solution.
A
written
defence.
To
answer
for,
to
be
responsible
for;
to
become
answerable
for.
To
answer
to,
to
correspond;
to
accord.
-
Something
said
in
reply
to
a
question.
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