answer

React verbally.

“She didn't want to answer”

“answer the question”

Give the correct answer or solution to.

“answer a question”

“answer the riddle”

Match or correspond.

“The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave”

React to a stimulus or command.

“The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch”

Respond to a signal.

“answer the door”

“answer the telephone”

Be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity.

“A few words would answer”

Understand the meaning of.

“The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered”

Be liable or accountable.

“She must answer for her actions”

Be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of.

“This may answer her needs”

Give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument).

“The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution”

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.

The speech act of replying to a question.

A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem.

“the answers were in the back of the book”

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”

A nonverbal reaction.

“his answer to any problem was to get drunk”

“their answer was to sue me”