• noun:   a nonverbal reaction

  Example: "His answer to any problem was to get drunk"

• noun:   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
• noun:   a statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation

  Example: "I waited several days for his answer"

• noun:   the speech act of replying to a question
• noun:   a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem

  Example: "The answers were in the back of the book"

• verb:   match or correspond

  Example: "The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave"

• verb:   be liable or accountable

  Example: "She must answer for her actions"

• verb:   understand the meaning of

  Example: "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered"

• verb:   give the correct answer or solution to

  Example: "Answer a question"

• verb:   react to a stimulus or command

  Example: "The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch"

• verb:   respond to a signal

  Example: "Answer the door"

• verb:   give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)

  Example: "The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution"

• verb:   reply or respond to

  Example: "She didn't want to answer"

• verb:   be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of

  Example: "This may answer her needs"

• verb:   be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity

  Example: "A few words would answer"

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