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The definition of answer
12 Definitions of: answer
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- noun, a reply, either spoken or written, as to a question, request, letter, or article
- noun, a reaction or response in the form of an action
- noun, a solution, esp of a mathematical problem
- noun, law a) a party's written reply to his opponent's interrogatories b) (in divorce law) the respondent's written reply to the petition
- noun, a musical phrase that follows the subject of a fugue, reproducing it a fifth higher or a fourth lower
- verb, to reply or respond (to) by word or act
- verb, to reply correctly to; solve or attempt to solve
- verb, to respond or react (to a stimulus, command, etc)
- verb, to pay off (a debt, obligation, etc); discharge
- verb, to meet the requirements (of); be satisfactory (for); serve the purpose (of)
- verb, to match or correspond (esp in the phrase answer (or answer to) the description)
- verb, to give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
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| Synonyms: | resolution, fulfil, reply, response, reaction, explanation, plea, comeback, retort, report | And more... |
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| Antonyms: | question, ask |
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