1. • noun - a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
   • noun - a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
   • noun - the speech act of replying to a question
   • noun - the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint
   • noun - a nonverbal reaction
   • verb - react verbally
   • verb - respond to a signal
   • verb - give the correct answer or solution to
   • verb - understand the meaning of
   • verb - give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
   • verb - be liable or accountable
   • verb - be sufficient
   • verb - match or correspond
   • verb - be satisfactory for
   • verb - react to a stimulus or command
2. • A spoken or written reply, as to a question.
   • A correct reply.
   • A solution, as to a problem.
   • A correct solution.
   • An act in retaliation or response: Our only possible answer was to sue.
   • Something markedly similar to another of the same class: cable TV’s answer to the commercial networks’ sportscasts.
   • A defendant’s defense against charges.
   • To speak, write, or act as a return, as to a question.
   • To be liable or accountable: You must answer for your actions.
   • To serve the purpose; suffice: “Often I do use three words where one would answer” (Mark Twain).
   • To correspond; match: I found a dog answering to that description.
   • To speak, write, or act as a return to; respond to.
   • To respond correctly to.
   • To fulfill the demands or needs of; serve: “My fortune has answered my desires” (Isaak Walton).
   • These verbs relate to action taken in return to a stimulus.
3. • v - to say, write, or act in return

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