Answer (Noun)
Meaning 1
A statement (either spoken or written) that is made to 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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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 2
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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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 3
The speech act of replying to a question.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 4
A nonverbal reaction; "his answer to any problem was to get drunk"; "their answer was to sue me".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 5
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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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.