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answer (v.)react verbally;
We answered that we would accept the invitation
She didn't want to answer
answer (v.)respond to a signal;
answer (v.)give the correct answer or solution to;
answer (v.)understand the meaning of;
The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered
answer (v.)give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument);
The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution
answer (v.)be liable or accountable;
She must answer for her actions
answer (v.)be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity;
answer (v.)match or correspond;
The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave
answer (v.)be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of;
This may answer her needs
answer (v.)react to a stimulus or command;
The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch
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answer (n.)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
answer (n.)a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem;
the answers were in the back of the book
answer (n.)the speech act of replying to a question;
answer (n.)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;
answer (n.)a nonverbal reaction;
his answer to any problem was to get drunk
their answer was to sue me
