Answer vs. Reply
Answernoun
A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
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A solution to a problem.
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(legal) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
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(ambitransitive) To make a reply or response to.
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(transitive) To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
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(ambitransitive) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
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(ambitransitive) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
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To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
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(legal) To file a document in response to a complaint.
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To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
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To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
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To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
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To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
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To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
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(obsolete) To render account to or for.
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(obsolete) To atone for; to be punished for.
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(obsolete) To be or act as an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.
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To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.
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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.
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To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like; to refute.
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To be or act in return or response to.
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To render account to or for.
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To atone; to be punished for.
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To be opposite to; to face.
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To be or act an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.
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To be or act in accommodation, conformity, relation, or proportion to; to correspond to; to suit.
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To speak or write by way of return (originally, to a charge), or in reply; to make response.
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To make a satisfactory response or return.
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To be or act in return.
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To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
Answernoun
A reply to a charge; a defense.
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Something said or written in reply to a question, a call, an argument, an address, or the like; a reply.
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Something done in return for, or in consequence of, something else; a responsive action.
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A solution, the result of a mathematical operation; as, the answer to a problem.
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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.
Answernoun
a statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation;
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a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem;
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the speech act of replying to a question
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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
Answernoun
a nonverbal reaction;
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reply or respond to;
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give the correct answer or solution to;
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respond to a signal;
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understand the meaning of;
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give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument);
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be liable or accountable;
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be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity;
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match or correspond;
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be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of;
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react to a stimulus or command;
Answernoun
a thing that is said, written, or done as a reaction to a question, statement, or situation
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a thing written or said in reaction to a question in a test or quiz
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the correct solution to a question in a test or quiz
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a solution to a problem or dilemma
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a person or thing regarded as the equivalent to a better-known one from another place
Answerverb
say or write something as a reaction to someone or something
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provide the required response to (a question in a test or quiz)
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respond impudently or disrespectfully to someone, especially when being criticized or told to do something
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act in reaction to (a sound such as a telephone ringing or a knock or ring on a door)
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be responsible or report to (someone)
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defend oneself against (a charge, accusation, or criticism)
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be required to explain or justify oneself to (someone)
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be responsible or to blame for
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be suitable for fulfilling (a need); satisfy
Replyverb
To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.
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(intransitive) To act or gesture in response.
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(intransitive) To repeat something back; to echo.
Replynoun
A written or spoken response; part of a conversation.
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Something given in reply.
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A counterattack.
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(music) The answer of a figure.
Replyverb
To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer.
Replyverb
To answer a defendant's plea.
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Figuratively, to do something in return for something done; as, to reply to a signal; to reply to the fire of a battery.
Replyverb
To return for an answer.
Replynoun
That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response.
Replynoun
a statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation;
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the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange;
Replyverb
reply or respond to;
Replyverb
say something in response to something someone has said
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write back in answer to someone
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respond by a similar action or gesture
Replynoun
a verbal or written answer
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the action of answering someone or something
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a response in the form of a gesture, action, or expression
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a plaintiff's response to the defendant's plea.
