English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
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Answer
(n.)
Something done in return for, or in consequence of,
something else; a responsive action.
Answer
(n.)
A solution, the result of a mathematical operation; as, the
answer to a problem.
Answer
(n.)
A reply to a change; a defense.
Answer
(v. i.)
To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation,
correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to
suit; -- usually with to.
Answer
(v. i.)
To be or act as an equivalent, or as adequate or
sufficient; as, a very few will answer.
Answer
(v. i.)
To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
Answer
(v. i.)
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.
Answer
(v. i.)
To be or act in return.
Answer
(v. i.)
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.
Answer
(v. i.)
To make a satisfactory response or return.
Answer
(n.)
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.
Answer
(n.)
To be or act in accommodation, conformity, relation, or
proportion to; to correspond to; to suit.
Answer
(n.)
To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to
answer a charge; to answer an accusation.
Answer
(n.)
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.
Answer
(n.)
To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way
of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like; to refute.
Answer
(n.)
To be or act in return or response to.
Answer
(n.)
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.
Answer
(n.)
To atone; to be punished for.
Answer
(n.)
To be or act an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient
for; to serve for; to repay.
Answer
(n.)
To render account to or for.