answer
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
answer/ˈɑːnsə(r)/
▶noun
- 1 something said, written, or done as a reaction to a question, statement, or situation.
- 2 the solution to a problem.
- 3 (answer to) a person or thing regarded as the equivalent to a better-known one from another place: she's Britain's answer to Marilyn Monroe.
- 1 respond with an answer.
■ (answer back) respond impudently.
- 2 defend oneself against (a charge or accusation).
■ (answer for) be responsible or to blame for.
- 3 (answer to) be responsible or report to.
- 4 be suitable for fulfilling (a need); satisfy.
– phrases
answer to the name of be called.
in answer to as a response to or as a result of.
answer to the name of be called.
in answer to as a response to or as a result of.
– derivatives
answerer noun.
answerer noun.
'answer' also found in these Oxford entries:
A
- amenable
- answering machine
- arraign
- ask
- aye
- before
- catechize
- confute
- deign
- dusty
- elenchus
- elicit
- emphatic
- evade
- fifth
- grope
- guaranty
- have
- hit
- leading question
- mark
- mind
- nay
- no
- Ouija board
- parry
- pat
- press conference
- rejoinder
- respond
- response
- retort
- riddle
- self-defence
- solution
- solve
- sort
- stick
- stonewall
- supplementary
- swear
- X
- yea
- yes

