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Noun answer has 5 senses
- answer, reply, response - a statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation; "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics"
--1 is a kind of statement
--1 has particulars: rescript; feedback
- solution, answer, result, resolution, solvent - a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places"
--2 is a kind of statement
--2 has particulars: denouement
- answer - the speech act of replying to a question
--3 is a kind of reply, response
Antonyms: question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation
--3 has particulars: Urim and Thummin; refutation, defense, defence
- answer - the principle 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
--4 is a kind of pleading
--4 has particulars: evasive answer; nolo contendere, non vult; plea
- answer - a nonverbal reaction; "his answer to any problem was to get drunk"; "their answer was to sue me"
--5 is a kind of reaction, response
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