0 past simple and past participle of answer --
1 to say, write, or do something as a reaction to a question, letter, etc.: --
formal Does anyone here answer to the name of (= is anyone here called) Wallis?
[ + that ] She answered that she wouldn't be able to come before nine o'clock.
[ + speech ] "I'd love to have dinner with you, but I won't be able to get there before nine o'clock," she answered.
I texted asking whether he'd be coming to the party but he hasn't answered yet.
You haven't answered my question.
I can't answer (you) without more detailed information.
3 to match a description: --
A woman who answers to the suspect's description was seen in the area on the night of the crime.
Indeed, both sophisticated and unsophisticated subjects answered over 81% of the math problems correctly in each of these three experimental conditions.
The article concludes that there are numerous empirical question still to be answered.
On user numbers, the 124 homes which answered the relevant question were serving 8,646 residents at the time of the survey.
Similarly, among all respondents in the average state, the average respondent answered 1.79 civics items correctly.
Once these questions are properly answered, a list of symptoms or methods of detection of each failure mode is formulated for safe operation.
However, our exploratory study leaves more questions for future research than it has answered.
A question which can be only partially answered is how the council's 'rule' within the town was enforced and regulated.
The plain language movement has repeatedly answered the criticisms and mischaracterisations of plain language.
