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(verb) understand the meaning of; "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered" |
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Synonyms: resolve |
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Related Words: figure out, lick, puzzle out, solve, work |
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(verb) give the correct answer or solution to; "answer a question" "answer the riddle" |
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Related Words: figure out, lick, puzzle out, solve, work |
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(verb) react to a stimulus or command; "The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch" |
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Related Words: react, respond |
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(verb) respond to a signal; "answer the door," "answer the telephone" |
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Related Words: react, respond |
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(verb) give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument); "The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution" |
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Related Words: disprove, rebut, refute |
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(verb) reply or respond to; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation" |
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Synonyms: reply, respond |
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Related Words: bridle, come back, counter, field, rejoin, repay, retort, return, riposte, say, state, tell |
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(noun) a nonverbal reaction; "his answer to any problem was to get drunk"; "their answer was to sue me" |
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Related Words: reaction, response |
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(verb) be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of; "This may answer her needs" |
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Related Words: fill, fulfil, fulfill, meet, satisfy |
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(verb) match or correspond; "The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave" |
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Related Words: agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally |
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(verb) be liable or accountable; "She must answer for her actions" |
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Related Words: be |
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(noun) the principle 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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Related Words: evasive answer, nolo contendere, non vult, plea, pleading |
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(noun) a statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation; "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics" |
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Synonyms: reply, response |
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Related Words: feedback, rescript, statement |
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(noun) the speech act of replying to a question |
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Related Words: Urim and Thummin, defence, defense, refutation, reply, response |
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Antonyms: question |
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(noun) a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places" |
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Synonyms: resolution, result, solution |
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Related Words: denouement, statement |
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(verb) be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity; "A few words would answer"; "This car suits my purpose well"; "Will $100 do?"; "A "B" grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school" |
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Synonyms: do, suffice |
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Related Words: bridge over, fulfil, fulfill, function, go a long way, go around, keep going, live up to, measure up, qualify, satisfy, serve, tide over |
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