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answer | be liable or accountable | |
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answer, reply, response | a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation | |
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V1, V2 |
answer, reply, respond | react verbally | |
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V1, V2 |
answer | match or correspond | |
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result, answer, solution, resolution, solvent | a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem | |
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V2 |
answer, resolve | understand the meaning of | |
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V2 |
answer | give the correct answer or solution to | |
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V1 |
do, suffice, answer, serve | be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity | |
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answer | [in law] 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 | |
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V2 |
answer | be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of | |
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V1 |
answer | react to a stimulus or command | |
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answer | the speech act of replying to a question | |
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answer | a nonverbal reaction | |
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V2 |
answer | respond to a signal | |
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V2 |
answer | give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument) |