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What's The Definition Of Answer?
[n] a nonverbal reaction; "his answer to any problem was to get drunk"; "their answer was to sue me"
[n] 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 [n] a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "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" [n] a statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation; "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics" [n] the speech act of replying to a question [v] understand the meaning of; "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered" [v] give the correct answer or solution to; "answer a question"; "answer the riddle" [v] react to a stimulus or command; "The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch" [v] respond to a signal; "answer the door"; "answer the telephone" [v] give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument); "The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution" [v] reply or respond to; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation" [v] be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of; "This may answer her needs" [v] match or correspond; "The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave" [v] be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity; "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" [v] be liable or accountable; "She must answer for her actions" Synonyms | Synonyms for Answer: do | reply | reply | resolution | resolve | respond | response | result | serve | solution | solvent | suffice Related Terms | Find terms related to Answer: accomplishment | accord | acknowledge | acknowledgment | action | action and reaction | ad hoc measure | address | advance | advantage | advocate | affect | affirmation | Agnus Dei | agree | allegation | allege in support | alleluia | answer back | answer conclusively | answer for | answer to | anthem | antiphon | antiphonal chanting | antiphony | apostrophe | appertain to | apply to | approach | argue down | argue for | argument | artifice | ascertainment | assent | assert | assertion | assort with | atone for | automatic reaction | autonomic reaction | avail | averment | be consistent | be equal to | be handy | be of one | be of use | be OK | be right | be uniform with | bear | bear on | bear upon | befit | befitting | belong to | Benedicite | benefit | bestead | billet | bottom | bounceback | business letter | canticle | champion | chant | check | chime | chit | chorale | 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sing in chorus | smash all opposition | snap back | social intercourse | solution | solve | solving | sort out | sort with | sorting out | speak for | speak up for | speaking | special demurrer | special pleading | speech | speech circuit | speech situation | sponsor | square | square with | squash | squelch | stand | stand together | stand up | stand up for | statement | statement of defense | step | stick up for | stopgap | stratagem | stretch | stroke | stroke of policy | subjoinder | subversion | subvert | suffice | suit | suit the occasion | support | surrebuttal | surrebutter | surrejoinder | sustain | tactic | take it | take the bait | talk back | talking | tally | Te Deum | telepathy | temporary expedient | thought | tie in with | touch | touch upon | traffic | treat of | trick | Trisagion | truck | trump | two-way communication | undermine | undermining | undo | unlock | unravel | unraveling | unriddle | unriddling | unscramble | unscrambling | unspinning | untangle | untangling | unthinking response | untwist | untwisting | unweave | unweaving | uphold | upset | upsetting | upshot | urge reasons for | utterance | Vedic hymn | versicle | word | work | work out | working | working hypothesis | working proposition | working-out | yield a profit See Also | agree | be | bridge over | bridle | check | come back | correspond | counter | defence | defense | denouement | evasive answer | feedback | field | figure out | fill | fit | fulfil | fulfil | fulfill | fulfill | function | gibe | go a long way | go around | jibe | keep going | lick | live up to | match | measure up | meet | nolo contendere | non vult | plea | pleading | puzzle out | qualify | react | reaction | rebut | refutation | refute | rejoin | repay | rescript | respond | response | retort | return | riposte | sass | satisfy | satisfy | say | solve | state | statement | tally | tell | tide over | Urim and Thummin | work | work out Answer In Webster's Dictionary \An"swer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Answered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Answering}.] [OE. andswerien, AS. andswerian, andswarian,
to answer, fr. andswaru, n., answer. See {Answer}, n.]
1. To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as,
to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.
2. 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.
She answers him as if she knew his mind. --Shak.
So spake the apostate angel, though in pain: . . .
And him thus answered soon his bold compeer.
--Milton.
3. To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way
of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like;
to refute.
No man was able to answer him a word. --Matt. xxii.
46.
These shifts refuted, answer thine appellant.
--Milton.
The reasoning was not and could not be answered.
--Macaulay.
4. To be or act in return or response to. Hence:
(a) 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.
This proud king . . . studies day and night To
answer all the debts he owes unto you. --Shak.
(b) To render account to or for.
I will . . . send him to answer thee. --Shak.
(c) To atone; to be punished for.
And grievously hath C[ae]zar answered it.
--Shak.
(d) To be opposite to; to face.
The windows answering each other, we could just
discern the glowing horizon them. --Gilpin.
(e) To be or act an equivalent to, or as adequate or
sufficient for; to serve for; to repay. [R.]
Money answereth all things. --Eccles. x.
19.
(f) To be or act in accommodation, conformity, relation,
or proportion to; to correspond to; to suit.
Weapons must needs be dangerous things, if they
answered the bulk of so prodigious a person.
--Swift.
\An"swer\, v. i. 1. To speak or write by way of return (originally, to a charge), or in reply; to make response. There was no voice, nor any that answered. --1 Kings xviii. 26. 2. To make a satisfactory response or return. Hence: 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. Let his neck answer for it, if there is any martial law. --Shak. 3. To be or act in return. Hence: (a) 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. Do the strings answer to thy noble hand? --Dryden. (b) To be opposite, or to act in opposition. (c) To be or act as an equivalent, or as adequate or sufficient; as, a very few will answer. (d) To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; -- usually with to. That the time may have all shadow and silence in it, and the place answer to convenience. --Shak. If this but answer to my just belief, I 'll remember you. --Shak. As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. --Pro?. xxvii. 19. \An"swer\, n. [OE. andsware, AS. andswaru; and against + swerian to swear. ?, ?. See {Anti-}, and {Swear}, and cf. 1st {un-}.] 1. A reply to a change; a defense. At my first answer no man stood with me. --2 Tim. iv. 16. 2. Something said or written in reply to a question, a call, an argument, an address, or the like; a reply. A soft answer turneth away wrath. --Prov. xv. 1. I called him, but he gave me no answer. --Cant. v. 6. 3. Something done in return for, or in consequence of, something else; a responsive action. Great the slaughter is Here made by the Roman; great the answer be Britons must take. --Shak. 4. A solution, the result of a mathematical operation; as, the answer to a problem. 5. (Law) 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. --Bouvier. Syn: Reply; rejoinder; response. See {Reply}. |
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