answer
Meaning of answer
noun
- A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
Her answer to his proposal was a slap in the face.
- A solution to a problem.
There is no simple answer to corruption.
- A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
- To make a reply or response to.
He answered the question.
- To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
to answer a charge or accusation
- To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
Nobody answered when I knocked on the door.
- To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
It answers the need.
- To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
He has a lot to answer for.
- To file a document in response to a complaint.
- To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
- To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
- To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
- To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
- To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
He answered my claim upon him.
- To render account to or for.
- To atone for; to be punished for.
- To be or act as an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.
Information about answer
- The plural form of answer is: answers.
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Hyphenation of answer
an-swer
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- answer is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
answer synonyms
Meaning reply:
Meaning solution:
solution, result, resolution, solvent
Meaning resolve:
Meaning suffice:
Translation of answer
- Portuguese: responder, resolver, resposta
- Italian: rispondere, replicare, risolvere, risposta, replica
- French: répondre, comprendre, résoudre, réponse, décrocher
- Spanish: responder, contestar, resolver, comprender, solucionar, respuesta, dictamen
- German: antworten, Antwort
Anagrams of answer
Words that rhyme with answer
SkinAnswer, counteranswer, foreanswer, misanswer, nonanswer, overanswer, reanswer
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