answer

/ˈan.sə//ˈæn.sɚ/

noun

1
A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
“Her answer to his proposal was a slap in the face.”
2
A solution to a problem.
“There is no simple answer to corruption.”
3
A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.

1
To make a reply or response to.
“He answered the question.”
2
To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
“to answer a charge or accusation”
3
To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
“Nobody answered when I knocked on the door.”
4
To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
“It answers the need.”
5
To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
“He has a lot to answer for.”
6
To file a document in response to a complaint.
7
To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
8
To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
9
To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
10
To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
11
To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
“He answered my claim upon him.”
12
To render account to or for.
13
To atone for; to be punished for.
14
To be or act as an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.

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