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noun
1.
A statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation.  Synonyms: reply, response.  "He wrote replies to several of his critics"
2.
A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem.  Synonyms: resolution, result, solution, solvent.  "The answers were in the back of the book" , "He computed the result to four decimal places"
3.
The speech act of replying to a question.  Antonym: question.
4.
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.
A nonverbal reaction.  "Their answer was to sue me"
verb
(past & past part. answered; pres. part. answering)
1.
React verbally.  Synonyms: reply, respond.  "Answer the question" , "We answered that we would accept the invitation"
2.
Respond to a signal.  "Answer the telephone"
3.
Give the correct answer or solution to.  "Answer the riddle"
4.
Understand the meaning of.  Synonym: resolve.
5.
Give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument).
6.
Be liable or accountable.
7.
Be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity.  Synonyms: do, serve, suffice.  "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"
8.
Match or correspond.
9.
Be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of.
10.
React to a stimulus or command.



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... restless sound was a fit accompaniment to my meditations. She had said he had been driven away from her by a dream,—and there was no answer one could make her—there seemed to be no forgiveness for such a transgression. And yet is not mankind itself, pushing on its blind way, driven by a dream of its greatness and its power upon the dark paths of excessive ...
— Lord Jim • Joseph Conrad
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— Captain Cook - His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries • W.H.G. Kingston
... measures, and draw on the Bretons the reproach of obstinacy and injustice. The event justified her prudence. When the English ambassador made the same offer to the duke of Brittany, he received for answer, in the name of that prince, that having so long acted the part of protector and guardian to Henry during his youth and adverse fortune, he had expected from a monarch of such virtue more effectual assistance ...
— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. - From Henry VII. to Mary • David Hume
... completely recovered, and was able to go back to my quarters. I impatiently awaited the answer to my letter, not daring to hope, but trying to stifle sad forebodings that would arise. I had not yet attempted any explanation as regarded Vassilissa Igorofna and her husband. But my courtship could ...
— The Daughter of the Commandant • Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin
... chance them of the court playing at dice, he returned straightway home again, leaving his message undone. And when he was asked why he did slack to do the things which he had received by public commission to do, he made answer, he thought it should be a great reproach to his commonwealth to make a league with dicers. But if we should content ourselves to return to the Pope, and to his popish errors, and to make a covenant not only with dicers, but also with men far more ungracious and wicked than any ...
— The Apology of the Church of England • John Jewel


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