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noun
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a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc.: He sent an answer to my letter promptly.
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a correct response to a question asked to test one's knowledge.
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an equivalent or approximation: a singing group that tried to be the French answer to the Beatles.
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an action serving as a reply or response: The answer was a volley of fire.
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EXPANDa solution to a problem, especially in mathematics.
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a reply to a charge or accusation.
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Law. a pleading in which a party responds to his or her opponent's statement of position, especially the defendant's reply to the plaintiff's complaint.
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COLLAPSEMusic. the entrance of a fugue subject, usually on the dominant, either slightly altered or transposed exactly after each presentation in the tonic.
verb (used without object)
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to speak or write in response; make answer; reply.
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to respond by an act or motion: He answered with a nod. The champion answered with a right to the jaw.
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to act or suffer in consequence of (usually followed by for).
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to be or declare oneself responsible or accountable (usually followed by for): I will answer for his safety.
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EXPANDto be satisfactory or serve (usually followed by for): His cane answered for a baseball bat.
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COLLAPSEto conform; correspond (usually followed by to): The prisoner answered to the description issued by the police.
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is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
verb (used with object)
Verb phrase15.
to speak or write in response to; reply to: to answer a person; to answer a question.
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to act or move in response to: Answer the doorbell. We answered their goal with two quick goals of our own.
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to solve or present a solution of.
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to serve or fulfill: This will answer the purpose.
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EXPANDto discharge (a responsibility, claim, debt, etc.).
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to conform or correspond to; be similar or equivalent to: This dog answers your description.
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to atone for; make amends for.
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COLLAPSEto reply or respond favorably to: I would like to answer your request but am unable to do so.
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Idiomanswer back, to reply impertinently or rudely: Well-behaved children do not answer back when scolded.
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answer the helm, Nautical. (of a vessel) to maneuver or remain steady according to the position of the rudder.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English andswerien, Old English andswerian, andswarian derivative of andswaru an answer, equivalent to and- opposite, facing (compare and, along) + Germanic *swarō, derivative of swear
before 900; Middle English andswerien, Old English andswerian, andswarian derivative of andswaru an answer, equivalent to and- opposite, facing (compare and, along) + Germanic *swarō, derivative of swear
Related forms
an·swer·er, noun
an·swer·less, adjective
un·an·swered, adjective
un·an·swer·ing, adjective
well-an·swered, adjective
Synonyms
1. riposte. Answer, rejoinder, reply, response, retort all mean words used to meet a question, remark, charge, etc. An answer is a return remark: an answer giving the desired information. A rejoinder is a quick, usually clever answer or remark made in reply to another's comment, not to a question. Reply usually refers to a direct or point-by-point response to a suggestion, proposal, question, or the like: a reply to a letter. A response often suggests an answer to an appeal, exhortation, etc., or an expected or fixed reply: a response to inquiry; a response in a church service. A retort implies a keen, prompt answer, especially one that turns a remark upon the person who made it: a sharp retort. 6. defense, plea.
1. riposte. Answer, rejoinder, reply, response, retort all mean words used to meet a question, remark, charge, etc. An answer is a return remark: an answer giving the desired information. A rejoinder is a quick, usually clever answer or remark made in reply to another's comment, not to a question. Reply usually refers to a direct or point-by-point response to a suggestion, proposal, question, or the like: a reply to a letter. A response often suggests an answer to an appeal, exhortation, etc., or an expected or fixed reply: a response to inquiry; a response in a church service. A retort implies a keen, prompt answer, especially one that turns a remark upon the person who made it: a sharp retort. 6. defense, plea.
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| replying; "an answering glance"; "an answering smile" |
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