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ANSWER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A nonverbal reaction
Example:
their answer was to sue me
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("answer" is a kind of...):
reaction; response (a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent)
Derivation:
answer (react to a stimulus or command)
answer (respond to a signal)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The principal 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))
Derivation:
answer (give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument))
Sense 3
Meaning:
A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
Example:
he computed the result to four decimal places
Synonyms:
answer; resolution; result; solution; solvent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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)
Derivation:
answer (give the correct answer or solution to)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
Example:
he wrote replies to several of his critics
Synonyms:
answer; reply; response
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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"):
rescript (a reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or morality)
feedback (response to an inquiry or experiment)
Derivation:
answer (react verbally)
Sense 5
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)
Derivation:
answer (react verbally)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they answer ... he / she / it answers
Past simple: answered
Past participle: answered
-ing form: answering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Understand the meaning of
Example:
The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered
Synonyms:
answer; resolve
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
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
Something ----s something
Derivation:
answerable (capable of being answered)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Give the correct answer or solution to
Example:
answer the riddle
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
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
Derivation:
answer (a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem)
Sense 3
Meaning:
React to a stimulus or command
Example:
The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "answer" is one way to...):
react; respond (show a response or a reaction to something)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Derivation:
answer (a nonverbal reaction)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Respond to a signal
Example:
answer the telephone
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "answer" is one way to...):
react; respond (show a response or a reaction to something)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
answer (a nonverbal reaction)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
Example:
The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "answer" is one way to...):
rebut; refute (overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
answer (the principal 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)
Sense 6
Meaning:
React verbally
Example:
We answered that we would accept the invitation
Synonyms:
answer; reply; respond
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
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
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to somebody
Sentence example:
They answer that there was a traffic accident
Derivation:
answer (a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation)
answer (the speech act of replying to a question)
answerer (someone who responds)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of
Example:
This may answer her needs
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "answer" is one way to...):
conform to; fill; fit; fulfil; fulfill; meet; satisfy (fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 8
Meaning:
Match or correspond
Example:
The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
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
Something ----s something
Sense 9
Meaning:
Be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
Example:
Nothing else will serve
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "answer" is one way to...):
fulfil; fulfill; live up to; satisfy (meet 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
Sense 10
Meaning:
Be liable or accountable
Example:
She must answer for her actions
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
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
Context examples:
An answer had arrived to Holmes’s telegram before our Surrey officer had returned.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“I daren’t say, sir,” was the answer; “but will you come along with me and see for yourself?”
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
I get a rough answer, do I not?
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Alas! He is cold, he cannot answer me.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
“Two hundred and eighty pounds,” I answered.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“For axemen and for spearmen I have not seen their match,” the archer answered.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"The bottom line is that we don't know the answer," Jacobs acknowledged.
(Vitamin C Might Shorten Tuberculosis Treatment Time, Study Indicates, VOA/Steve Baragona)
"And we urgently need to find answers for not just football players, but veterans and other individuals exposed to head trauma."
(Study: Brain Disease Found in Nearly All Deceased US Football Players, VOA News)
While Larson said there was no simple answer to the prevention of dementia, he highly recommended a commonsense, healthful lifestyle that may help delay the disease.
(Study: There's No Fail-safe Way to Prevent Dementia, VOA)
The questionnaire contains 20 questions and each can be answered with Yes, No, or N/A (Not Applicable).
(Airway Questionnaire 20, NCI Thesaurus)
