Definitions For Answer

noun

• A nonverbal reaction
• 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
• A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
• A statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
• The speech act of replying to a question
• Something you say or write when someone asks you a question
• A response to a question that is meant to show whether or not you know something (such as a question asked as part of an exam)
• The correct response to a question

verb

• Understand the meaning of
• Give the correct answer or solution to
• React to a stimulus or command
• Respond to a signal
• Give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
• React verbally
• Be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of
• Match or correspond
• Be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
• Be liable or accountable
• To say or write something when someone asks you a question : to give an answer to (a question)
• To say or write (something) as a reply
• To reply to (someone) : to say or write something as a response to (someone)