| answer | |
| 1. n. A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question. | |
| Her answer to his proposal was a slap in the face. | |
| 2. n. A solution to a problem. | |
| There is no simple answer to corruption. | |
| 3. n. (legal) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints. | |
| 4. v. To make a reply or response to. | |
| He answered the question. | |
| 5. v. To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence. | |
| to answer a charge or accusation | |
| 6. v. To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment. | |
| She answered the door. | |
| Nobody answered when I knocked on the door. | |
| 7. v. To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily. | |
| It answers the need. | |
| 8. v. To be acor responsible; to make amends. | |
| The man must answer to his employer for the money entrusted to his care. | |
| He has a lot to answer for. | |
| 9. v. (legal) To file a document in response to a complaint. | |
| 10. v. To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with. | |
| 11. v. To be opposite, or to act in opposition. | |
| 12. v. To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to. | |
| 13. v. To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute. | |
| 14. v. To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand. | |
| He answered my claim upon him. | |
| The servant answered the bell. | |
| 15. v. (obsolete) To render account to or for. | |
| 16. v. (obsolete) To atone for; to be punished for. | |
| 17. v. (obsolete) To be or act as an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay. | |
