answer
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sər
sēr
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "answer"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϜāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧋

to say, write, or take action in response to a question or situation
Transitive: to answer a question or situation
to answer definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The expert was invited to the conference to answer queries about the new research findings.
āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞāĻžāĻĢāϞ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧇āϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻœā§āĻžāϕ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§‡āϞāύ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to provide an accurate and satisfactory response to a problem
Transitive: to answer a problem
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She answered the math problem correctly, demonstrating a strong understanding of the concept.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ—āĻŖāĻŋāϤ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύ, āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϜāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧋

to respond to a stimulus by taking appropriate action
Transitive: to answer a signal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He quickly answered the door, expecting a delivery.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻĻāϰāϜāĻž āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĄā§‡āϞāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϰāĻŋ āφāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϜāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to provide a response or justification to counter an accusation or criticisms
Transitive: to answer an accusation or criticisms
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The politician answered the allegations of corruption by denying any wrongdoing.
āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āύ⧀āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āϗ⧇āϰ āϜāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§‚āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to meet a demand or expectation
Transitive: to answer a need or demand
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A warm cup of tea can often answer one's need for comfort during difficult times.
āĻāĻ• āĻ•āĻžāĻĒ āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āϚāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻŽā§‡āϟāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŽāĻŋāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžā§āϜāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to correspond with or to be consistent with something
Transitive: to answer sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The suspect 's fingerprints answered those found at the crime scene.
āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻšāĻ­āĻžāϜāύ⧇āϰ āφāϙ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ›āĻžāĻĒ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻžāϧ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϗ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ āφāϙ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ›āĻžāĻĒ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

be liable or accountable
Intransitive: to answer for sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The CEO had to answer for the company's financial losses during the shareholder meeting.
āĻļ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻšā§‹āĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻŋāχāĻ“āϕ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϝāĻĨ⧇āĻˇā§āϟ

to be adequate or sufficient for fulfilling a particular function
Intransitive: to answer for a purpose or function
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Online resources and supplementary materials answered for educational materials in the classroom.
āĻ…āύāϞāĻžāχāύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āϰāĻ• āωāĻĒāĻ•āϰāĻŖ āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖā§€āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āωāĻĒāĻ•āϰāϪ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§‡ā§ŸāĨ¤
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ

something we say, write, or do when we are replying to a question
answer definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The politician's evasive answers during the press conference raised suspicion among the journalists.
āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϏ āĻ•āύāĻĢāĻžāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻš āϜāĻžāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ, āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ

a solution to a problem or a way out of a predicament
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ

the speech act of replying to a question
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž

a nonverbal reaction

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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