0 a reaction to a question, letter, phone call, etc.:
The minister promised to give a written answer to the MP's detailed question.
We've emailed him asking him if he's free on that date but we haven't had an answer yet.
I've just called him but there was no answer.
I didn't realize we had to write each answer on a new sheet of paper.
I got eight correct answers and two wrong ones in last week's exam.
In answer to your letter of 30 May, I am writing to accept your offer of £3,575 in compensation.
2 to say, write, or do something as a reaction to a question, letter, etc.:
I can't answer (you) without more detailed information.
You haven't answered my question.
I texted asking whether he'd be coming to the party but he hasn't answered yet.
[ + speech ] "I'd love to have dinner with you, but I won't be able to get there before nine o'clock," she answered.
[ + that ] She answered that she wouldn't be able to come before nine o'clock.
formal Does anyone here answer to the name of (= is anyone here called) Wallis?
4 to match a description:
A woman who answers to the suspect's description was seen in the area on the night of the crime.
5 something said or written in reaction to a question or statement:
I'd like you to give me an honest answer.
The public has a right to expect truthful answers from politicians.
I spent hours doing that calculation and I still got the answer wrong.
Surely the answer's obvious - or are you being deliberately obtuse?
You got 20 percent of the answers right - that means one in every five.
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