Answer - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- 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
- a nonverbal reaction
their answer was to sue me
verb
answer the question
We answered that we would accept the invitation
answer the telephone
answer the riddle
Extra examples
I asked him a simple question and he gave me a long and confusing answer.
I didn't believe her answer.
They wouldn't give me a straight answer to my question.
I didn't know the right answer.
That is the wrong answer.
Do you know the answer to this question?
He knew the answers to only 3 of the 10 questions.
The answers are listed in the back of the book.
She answered all my questions.
He answered only three of the test questions correctly.
When the police asked him his name, he refused to answer.
When I ask you a question I expect you to answer me!
Answer me this: where have you put my money?
I sent her a letter asking for her help, but she never answered.
The phone rang repeatedly, but no one answered.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: answer
he/she/it: answers
present participle: answering
past tense: answered
past participle: answered
singular: answer
plural: answers
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