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Meaning: A statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation Classified under: Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents Synonyms: Context examples: I waited several days for his answer / he wrote replies to several of his critics Hypernyms ("answer" is a kind of...): statement (a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "answer"): feedback (response to an inquiry or experiment) rescript (a reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or morality)
Meaning: A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem Classified under: Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents Synonyms: solvent; solution; result; answer; resolution Context examples: they were trying to find a peaceful solution / the answers were in the back of the book / he computed the result to four decimal places Hypernyms ("answer" is a kind of...): statement (a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "answer"): denouement (the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work)
Meaning: The speech act of replying to a question Classified under: Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents Hypernyms ("answer" is a kind of...): reply; response (the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "answer"): Urim and Thummim (lots thrown to determine God's answers to yes-no questions) defence; defense; refutation (the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions) Antonym: question (an instance of questioning)
Meaning: 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 Classified under: Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents Hypernyms ("answer" is a kind of...): pleading ((law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding) Domain category: jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "answer"): evasive answer ((law) an answer by a defendant that fails to admit or deny the allegations set forth in the complaint) nolo contendere; non vult ((law) an answer of 'no contest' by a defendant who does not admit guilt but that subjects him to conviction) plea ((law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer))
Meaning: A nonverbal reaction Classified under: Nouns denoting acts or actions Context examples: his answer to any problem was to get drunk / their answer was to sue me Hypernyms ("answer" is a kind of...): reaction; response (a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some foregoing stimulus or agent)
Meaning: Reply or respond to Classified under: Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing Synonyms: Context examples: She didn't want to answer / answer the question / We answered that we would accept the invitation Hypernyms (to "answer" is one way to...): say; state; tell (express in words) Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "answer"): bridle (respond to the reins, as of horses) come back; rejoin; repay; retort; return; riposte (answer back) sass (answer back in an impudent or insolent manner) field (answer adequately or successfully) counter (speak in response) call back (return or repeat a telephone call) Sentence frames: Somebody ----s Sentence example: They answer that there was a traffic accident
Meaning: Give the correct answer or solution to Classified under: Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting Context examples: answer a question / answer the riddle Hypernyms (to "answer" is one way to...): figure out; lick; puzzle out; solve; work; work out (find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of) Sentence frame: Somebody ----s something
Meaning: Respond to a signal Classified under: Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting Context examples: answer the door / answer the telephone Hypernyms (to "answer" is one way to...): react; respond (show a response or a reaction to something) Sentence frame: Somebody ----s something
Meaning: Understand the meaning of Classified under: Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting Synonyms: answer; resolve Context example: The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered Hypernyms (to "answer" is one way to...): figure out; lick; puzzle out; solve; work; work out (find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of) Sentence frames: Somebody ----s something
Meaning: Give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument) Classified under: Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing Context example: The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution Hypernyms (to "answer" is one way to...): rebut; refute (overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof) Sentence frame: Somebody ----s something
Meaning: Be liable or accountable Classified under: Verbs of being, having, spatial relations Context example: She must answer for her actions Hypernyms (to "answer" is one way to...): be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)) Sentence frame: Somebody ----s PP
Meaning: Be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity Classified under: Verbs of being, having, spatial relations Synonyms: Context examples: A few words would answer / This car suits my purpose well / Will $100 do? / A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school / Nothing else will serve Hypernyms (to "answer" is one way to...): fulfil; fulfill; live up to; satisfy (fulfil the requirements or expectations of) Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "answer"): bridge over; keep going; tide over (suffice for a period between two points) go a long way (suffice or be adequate for a while or to a certain extent) function; serve (serve a purpose, role, or function) measure up; qualify (prove capable or fit; meet requirements) go around (be sufficient) Sentence frame: Something ----s
Meaning: Match or correspond Classified under: Verbs of being, having, spatial relations Context example: The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave Hypernyms (to "answer" is one way to...): agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics) Sentence frames: Something is ----ing PP
Meaning: Be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of Classified under: Verbs of eating and drinking Context example: This may answer her needs Hypernyms (to "answer" is one way to...): fill; fulfil; fulfill; meet; satisfy (fill or meet a want or need) Sentence frame: Something ----s something
Meaning: React to a stimulus or command Classified under: Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting Context example: The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch Hypernyms (to "answer" is one way to...): react; respond (show a response or a reaction to something) Sentence frames: Something ----s "The pitcher goes so often to the well that it comes home broken at last." (English proverb) "From whence comes the word, comes the soul." (Albanian proverb) "If talk is silver then silence is gold." (Arabic proverb) "As there is Easter, so there are meager times." (Corsican proverb) Useful links: Definition of non vult Pronunciation of tell Definition of work out Pronunciation of fulfill Definition of serve
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