answer

1. n. To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation. Source: opted

2. 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. Source: opted

3. n. To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like; to refute. Source: opted

4. n. To be or act in return or response to. Source: opted

5. 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. Source: opted

6. n. To render account to or for. Source: opted

7. n. To atone; to be punished for. Source: opted

8. n. To be opposite to; to face. Source: opted

9. n. To be or act an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay. Source: opted

10. n. To be or act in accommodation, conformity, relation, or proportion to; to correspond to; to suit. Source: opted

11. v. i. To speak or write by way of return (originally, to a charge), or in reply; to make response. Source: opted

12. v. i. To make a satisfactory response or return. Source: opted

13. 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. Source: opted

14. v. i. To be or act in return. Source: opted

15. 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. Source: opted

16. v. i. To be opposite, or to act in opposition. Source: opted

17. v. i. To be or act as an equivalent, or as adequate or sufficient; as, a very few will answer. Source: opted

18. 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. Source: opted

19. n. A reply to a change; a defense. Source: opted

20. n. Something said or written in reply to a question, a call, an argument, an address, or the like; a reply. Source: opted

21. n. Something done in return for, or in consequence of, something else; a responsive action. Source: opted

22. n. A solution, the result of a mathematical operation; as, the answer to a problem. Source: opted

23. 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. Source: opted

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