Meaning of answer in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.

  Example: Her answer to his proposal was a slap in the face.

• A solution to a problem.

  Example: There is no simple answer to corruption.

• A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.

verb

• To make a reply or response to.

  Example: He answered the question.

• To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.

  Example: to answer a charge or accusation

• To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.

  Example: Nobody answered when I knocked on the door.

• To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.

  Example: It answers the need.

• To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.

  Example: He has a lot to answer for.

• To file a document in response to a complaint.

• To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.

• To be opposite, or to act in opposition.

• To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.

• To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.

• To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.

  Example: He answered my claim upon him.

• To render account to or for.

• To atone for; to be punished for.

• To be or act as an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.