Answer vs. Response

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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

Responsenoun

An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.

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The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question.

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An oracular answer.

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(liturgics) A verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in sequence or reply to the priest or officiant.

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(liturgics) A versicle or anthem said or sung during or after a lection; a respond or responsory.

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A reply to an objection in formal disputation.

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An online advertising performance metric representing one click-through from an online ad to its destination URL.

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A reaction to a stimulus or provocation.

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The act of responding.

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An answer or reply.

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a result;

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a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some foregoing stimulus or agent;

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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 manner in which something is greeted;

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a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister

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the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange;

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a verbal or written answer

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an answer to a question in a test, questionnaire, etc.

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a part of a religious liturgy said or sung by a congregation in answer to a minister or cantor.

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a reaction to something

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an excitation of a nerve impulse caused by a change or event; a physical reaction to a specific stimulus or situation

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the way in which a mechanical or electrical device responds to a stimulus or stimuli

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a bid made in answer to one's partner's preceding bid.