Answer Meaning
There are 15 meaning(s) for word Answer
Meaning 1 : react verbally
Example : She didn't want to answer,answer the question,We answered that we would accept the invitation
Synonyms : reply, respond
Example : She didn't want to answer,answer the question,We answered that we would accept the invitation
Synonyms : reply, respond
Meaning 2 : be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
Example : A few words would answer
Synonyms : do, serve, suffice
Example : A few words would answer
Synonyms : do, serve, suffice
Meaning 3 : a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
Example : the answers were in the back of the book
Synonyms : resolution, result, solution, solvent
Example : the answers were in the back of the book
Synonyms : resolution, result, solution, solvent
Meaning 4 : a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
Example : I waited several days for his answer
Synonyms : reply, response
Example : I waited several days for his answer
Synonyms : reply, response
Meaning 5 : understand the meaning of
Example : The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered
Synonyms : resolve
Example : The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered
Synonyms : resolve
Meaning 6 : a nonverbal reaction
Example : his answer to any problem was to get drunk,their answer was to sue me
Example : his answer to any problem was to get drunk,their answer was to sue me
Meaning 7 : be liable or accountable
Example : She must answer for her actions
Example : She must answer for her actions
Meaning 8 : be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of
Example : This may answer her needs
Example : This may answer her needs
Meaning 9 : give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
Example : The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution
Example : The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution
Meaning 10 : give the correct answer or solution to
Example : answer a question,answer the riddle
Example : answer a question,answer the riddle
Meaning 11 : match or correspond
Example : The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave
Example : The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave
Meaning 12 : react to a stimulus or command
Example : The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch
Example : The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch
Meaning 13 : respond to a signal
Example : answer the door,answer the telephone
Example : answer the door,answer the telephone
Meaning 14 : 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
Meaning 15 : the speech act of replying to a question
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