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To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.

To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply to (a question, remark, etc.); to respond to.

To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like; to refute.

To be or act in return or response to.

To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, demand; as, he answered my claim upon him; the servant answered the bell.

To render account to or for.

To atone; to be punished for.

To be opposite to; to face.

To be or act an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.

To be or act in accommodation, conformity, relation, or proportion to; to correspond to; to suit.

To speak or write by way of return (originally, to a charge), or in reply; to make response.

To make a satisfactory response or return.

To render account, or to be responsible; to be accountable; to make amends; as, the man must answer to his employer for the money intrusted to his care.

To be or act in return.

To be or act by way of compliance, fulfillment, reciprocation, or satisfaction; to serve the purpose; as, gypsum answers as a manure on some soils.

To be opposite, or to act in opposition.

To be or act as an equivalent, or as adequate or sufficient; as, a very few will answer.

To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; -- usually with to.

A reply to a change; a defense.

Something said or written in reply to a question, a call, an argument, an address, or the like; a reply.

Something done in return for, or in consequence of, something else; a responsive action.

A solution, the result of a mathematical operation; as, the answer to a problem.

A counter-statement of facts in a course of pleadings; a confutation of what the other party has alleged; a responsive declaration by a witness in reply to a question. In Equity, it is the usual form of defense to the complainant's charges in his bill.

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Answer Quotations

Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.
Thomas Jefferson

Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.
Barack Obama

I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know.
Mark Twain

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.
Abraham Lincoln

If you ask me anything I don't know, I'm not going to answer.
Yogi Berra

I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question.
Yogi Berra

Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.
Muhammad Ali

Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow.
John Lennon

The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.
John Lennon

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.
John F. Kennedy

Answer Translations

answer in Afrikaans is beantwoord, antwoord
answer in Danish is svar, svare
answer in Dutch is antwoorden, antwoorden op
answer in Finnish is vastata
answer in Latin is refero
answer in Norwegian is svare
answer in Portuguese is responder, resposta
answer in Spanish is contestar, contestar, respuesta, contestacion

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