Standard Lemma guide

answer

noun · verb · 33 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɑːn.sə/
  • UK: /ˈa̝n.sə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈæn.sɚ/ without æ-raising
  • [ˈeən.sɚ] æ-raising, rhotic
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ˈæn.sə/ Boston, New York City, without æ-raising, non-rhotic
  • [ˈeən.sə] æ-raising, non-rhotic
  • Australian: /ˈæn.sə/
  • [ˈeːnsə ~ ˈɛːnsə] æ-raising
  • [ˈɐːnsə] trap–bath split, South Australia
  • rhymes with -ɑːnsə(ɹ)
  • rhymes with -ænsə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: AE1 N S ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Her answer to his proposal was a slap in the face.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A solution to a problem.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • There is no simple answer to corruption.
  • Violence is not the answer to disagreements.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Someone or something that fills a similar role or position.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To make a reply or response to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

Examples

  • He answered the question.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to answer a charge or accusation

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

Examples

  • She answered the door.
  • Nobody answered when I knocked on the door.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

Examples

  • It answers the need.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The man must answer to his employer for the money entrusted to his care.
  • He has a lot to answer for.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: answer for

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To file a document in response to a complaint.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1775, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Duenna, Dublin: G. Burnet et al., 1794, Act II, Scene 2, p. 25, Egad, I wish she had answer’d her picture as well.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To be opposite, or to act in opposition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He answered my claim upon him.
  • The servant answered the bell.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

verb

Meaning 16

To render account to or for.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

verb

Meaning 17

To atone for; to be punished for.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

verb

Meaning 18

To be or act as an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

noun

Meaning 19

a nonverbal reaction

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his answer to any problem was to get drunk
  • their answer was to sue me

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: reaction, response

20

noun

Meaning 20

the principal 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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pleading

Narrower terms: evasive answer, nolo contendere, non vult, plea

21

noun

Meaning 21

a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: solution, result, resolution, solvent

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: statement

Narrower terms: denouement

22

noun

Meaning 22

a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I waited several days for his answer
  • he wrote replies to several of his critics

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reply, response

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: statement

Narrower terms: rescript, feedback

23

noun

Meaning 23

the speech act of replying to a question

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: question

Broader terms: reply, response

Narrower terms: Urim and Thummim, refutation, defense, defence

24

verb

Meaning 24

understand the meaning of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: resolve

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work

25

verb

Meaning 25

give the correct answer or solution to

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • answer a question
  • answer the riddle

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work

26

verb

Meaning 26

react to a stimulus or command

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: react, respond

27

verb

Meaning 27

respond to a signal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • answer the door
  • answer the telephone

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: react, respond

28

verb

Meaning 28

give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: refute, rebut

29

verb

Meaning 29

react verbally

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She didn't want to answer
  • answer the question
  • We answered that we would accept the invitation

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reply, respond

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: state, say, tell

Narrower terms: call back, counter, field, sass, retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin, bridle

30

verb

Meaning 30

be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • This may answer her needs

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil

31

verb

Meaning 31

match or correspond

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree

32

verb

Meaning 32

be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • A few words would answer
  • This car suits my purpose well
  • Will $100 do?
  • A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school
  • Nothing else will serve

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: suffice, do, serve

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: satisfy, fulfill, fulfil, live up to

Narrower terms: tide over, bridge over, keep going, go a long way, serve, function, qualify, measure up, go around

33

verb

Meaning 33

be liable or accountable

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She must answer for her actions

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: be

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h2éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-Indo-European *swer-der. Proto-Germanic *swarō Proto-Germanic *andaswarō Proto-West Germanic *andaswaru Old English andswaru Middle English answere English answer From Middle English answere, andsware, from Old English andswaru (“answer”), from and- (“against”) + swaru (“affirmation”), (from Proto-Indo-European *h2ent- (“front, forehead”) and Old English swerian (“to swear”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer-), suggesting an original meaning of "a sworn statement rebutting a charge". The cognates suggest the existence of Proto-Germanic *andaswarō (“a reply to a question”). Cognate with Old Frisian ondser (“answer”), Old Saxon andswōr (“answer”), Danish and Swedish ansvar (“liability, responsibility, answer”), Icelandic andsvar (“answer, response”). Compare also Old English andwyrde (“answer”) (cognate to Dutch antwoord, German Antwort), Old English andcwiss (“reply”), German Schwur (“oath, vow”).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h2éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-Indo-European *swer-der. Proto-Germanic *swarjaną Proto-Germanic *andaswarjaną Old English andswerian Middle English answeren English answer From Middle English answeren, andswaren, answerien, from Old English andswarian, answarien (“to answer, to respond, to deny an allegation under oath”), from Proto-Germanic *andaswarōną, *andaswarjaną (“to answer, to give a response, to rebut”), from *anda- (“against”) + *swarjaną, *swarōną (“to swear an oath, to answer, to respond”), from Proto-Indo-European *h2ent- (“face, forehead”) and *swer- (“to swear”). Cognate with Old Frisian ondswera (“to answer”), Danish ansvare (“to answer, account for”), Swedish ansvara (“to answer, account for”), Icelandic andsvara (“to answer, reply”).

Across languages

Translations

585 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: antwoord — response
  • Albanian: përgjigje — response
  • Southern Altai: каруу (karuu) — response
  • Amharic: መልስ (mäls) — response
  • Arabic: جَوَاب (jawāb) — response
  • Arabic: إِجَابَة (ʔijāba) — response
  • Arabic: رَدّ (radd) — response
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓ݂ܘܼܝܵܒ݂ܵܐ (ḡuyāwā) — response
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓ̰ܘܼܘܵܒܵܐ (juwābā) — response
  • Argobba: መልስ (mäls) — response
  • Armenian: պատասխան (patasxan) — response
  • Aromanian: apocrisi — response
  • Aromanian: apandisi — response
  • Aromanian: giuvapi — response
  • Asturian: respuesta — response
  • Avar: жаваб (žawab) — response
  • Azerbaijani: cavab — response
  • Baluchi: جواب (jawáb) — response
  • Bashkir: яуап (yawap) — response
  • Basque: erantzun — response
  • Belarusian: адка́з (adkáz) — response
  • Belarusian: во́дпаведзь (vódpavjedzʹ) — response
  • Bengali: উত্তর (uttor) — response
  • Bengali: জবাব (jobab) — response
  • Central Bikol: simbag — response
  • Bislama: ansa — response
  • Breton: respont — response
  • Bulgarian: о́тговор (ótgovor) — response
  • Burmese: အဖြေ (a.hpre) — response
  • Buryat: харюу (xarjuu) — response
  • Catalan: resposta — response
  • Cebuano: tubag — response
  • Chechen: жоп (žop) — response
  • Chichewa: yankho — response
  • Chinese Cantonese: 回答 (wui4 dap3) — response
  • Chinese Cantonese: 對答 /对答 (deoi3 dap3) — response
  • Chinese: хуэйда (hueyda) — response
  • Chinese: җәвабу (žəvabu) — response
  • Chinese: 回答 (hôe-tap / hê-tap) — response
  • Chinese: 對答 /对答 (tùi-tap) — response
  • Chinese Mandarin: 回答 (huídá) — response
  • Chinese Mandarin: 對答 /对答 (duìdá) — response
  • Wu Chinese: 回答 (6we-taq) — response
  • Chukchi: татԓыӈ (tatḷyṇ) — response
  • West Circassian: джэуап (džɛwap) — response
  • Cornish: gorthyp — response
  • Corsican: risposta — response
  • Crimean Tatar: cevap — response
  • Czech: odpověď — response
  • Danish: svar — response
  • Dutch: antwoord — response
  • Erzya: каршо вал (karšo val) — response
  • Erzya: пшкадема (pškadema) — response
  • Esperanto: respondo — response
  • Estonian: vastus — response
  • Farefare: lergre — response
  • Faroese: svar — response
  • Finnish: vastaus — response
  • French: réponse — response
  • North Frisian: oonswaar — response
  • North Frisian: uunswurd — response
  • North Frisian: ööntüürd — response
  • North Frisian: untwoord (Langenhorn) — response
  • North Frisian: ountwoord (Ockholm) — response
  • North Frisian: Swaar — response
  • North Frisian: swoar — response
  • North Frisian: ontuurd — response
  • Saterland Frisian: Oantwoud — response
  • Saterland Frisian: Ontwoud — response
  • West-Frisian: antwurd — response
  • West-Frisian: andert — response
  • Gagauz: cuvap — response
  • Galician: resposta — response
  • Georgian: პასუხი (ṗasuxi) — response
  • German: Antwort — response
  • German: Entgegnung — response
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌹 (andawaurdi) — response
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃 (andahafts) — response
  • Greek: απάντηση (apántisi) — response
  • Ancient Greek: ἀπόκρισις (apókrisis) — response
  • Ancient Greek: ὑπόκρισις (hupókrisis) — response
  • Greenlandic: akissut — response
  • Mbya Guarani: mbovai — response
  • Gujarati: જવાબ (javāb) — response
  • Gujarati: ઉત્તર (uttar) — response
  • Haitian Creole: repons — response
  • Hawaiian: pane — response
  • Hebrew: תְּשׁוּבָה (t'shuvá) — response
  • Higaonon: tubag — response
  • Hindi: जवाब (javāb) — response
  • Hindi: उत्तर (uttar) — response
  • Hungarian: válasz — response
  • Hungarian: felelet — response
  • Icelandic: svar — response
  • Icelandic: ans — response
  • Ido: respondo — response
  • Indonesian: jawaban — response
  • Ingrian: vassus — response
  • Irish: freagra — response
  • Italian: risposta — response
  • Ivatan: atbay — response
  • Japanese: 答え (kotae) — response
  • Japanese: 回答 (kaitō) — response
  • Japanese: 応答 (ōtō) — response
  • Javanese: jawab — response
  • Javanese: wales — response
  • Old Javanese: wales — response
  • Kalmyk: хәрү (xärü) — response
  • Kapampangan: pakibat — response
  • Karachay-Balkar: жауап (jauap) — response
  • Kazakh: жауап (jauap) — response
  • Khmer: ពាក្យឆ្លើយ (piək chlaəy) — response
  • Korean: 대답 (daedap) — response
  • Korean: 회답 (hoedap) — response
  • Korean: 응답 (eungdap) — response
  • Korean: 답변 (dapbyeon) — response
  • Korean: 답 (dap) — response
  • Koryak: аӈъягыйӈын (aŋyagəyŋən) — response
  • Kumyk: жавап (jawap) — response
  • Central Kurdish: وەڵام (wellam) — response
  • Northern Kurdish: cewab — response
  • Northern Kurdish: bersiv — response
  • Kyrgyz: жооп (joop) — response
  • Kyrgyz: каруу (karuu) — response
  • Lao: ຄໍາຕອບ (kham tǭp) — response
  • Latin: respōnsum — response
  • Latvian: atbilde — response
  • Lezgi: жаваб (žavab) — response
  • Ligurian: rispósta — response
  • Lithuanian: atsakymas — response
  • Low German: Antwoort — response
  • Low German: Antwuort (Hahlen) — response
  • Low German: Antweoert (Höxter) — response
  • Low German: Anvert (Peckelsheim) — response
  • Low German: Antwaurt (Bottrop) — response
  • Low German: Anwoot (Datteln) — response
  • Low German: Anword (Königssteele) — response
  • Low German: Antwuert (Canstein) — response
  • Low German: Antwǫät (Iserlohn) — response
  • Low German: Antwurt (Obermarsberg) — response
  • Luxembourgish: Äntwert — response
  • Macedonian: одговор (odgovor) — response
  • Malay: jawaban — response
  • Malay: jawapan — response
  • Malayalam: ഉത്തരം (uttaraṁ) — response
  • Malayalam: മറുപടി (maṟupaṭi) — response
  • Maltese: wieġeb — response
  • Manx: ansoor — response
  • Manx: freggyrt — response
  • Māori: whakautu — response
  • Eastern Mari: вашмут (vašmut) — response
  • Mirandese: respuosta — response
  • Mongolian: хариу (xariu) — response
  • Nogai: явап (yavap) — response
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svar — response
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svar — response
  • Occitan: responsa — response
  • Church Slavic: отъвѣтъ (otŭvětŭ) — response
  • Church Slavic: отповѣдь (otpovědĭ) — response
  • Church Slavic: одповѣдь (odpovědĭ) — response
  • Old English: andwyrde — response
  • Old English: andswaru — response
  • Old Norse: svar — response
  • Oromo: deebii — response
  • Pannonian Rusyn: одвит (odvit) — response
  • Pashto: جواب (jawāb) — response
  • Pashto: ځواب (jwāb) — response
  • Dari: جَوَاب (jawāb) — response
  • Dari: پَاسُخ (pāsux) — response
  • Iranian Persian: جَواب (javâb) — response
  • Iranian Persian: پاسُخ (pâsox) — response
  • Iranian Persian: پِیْواژ (peyvâž) — response
  • Plautdietsch: Auntwuat (nds) — response
  • Polish: odpowiedź — response
  • Portuguese: resposta — response
  • Punjabi: ਜਵਾਬ (javāb) — response
  • Romanian: răspuns — response
  • Russian: отве́т (otvét) — response
  • Russian: о́тповедь (ótpovedʹ) — response
  • Northern Sami: vástádus — response
  • Sardinian: rispòsta — response
  • Scottish Gaelic: freagairt — response
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̏дгово̄р — response
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȍdgovōr — response
  • Sicilian: risposta — response
  • Slovak: odpoveď — response
  • Slovene: odgovor — response
  • Somali: jawaab — response
  • Spanish: respuesta — response
  • Swahili: jibu — response
  • Swahili: jawabu — response
  • Swedish: svar — response
  • Tagalog: sagot — response
  • Tajik: жавоб (žavob) — response
  • Tajik: посух (posux) — response
  • Tamil: பதில் (patil) — response
  • Tamil: விடை (viṭai) — response
  • Tamil: மறுமொழி (maṟumoḻi) — response
  • Tatar: җавап (cawap) — response
  • Tatar: кару (qaru) — response
  • Telugu: జవాబు (javābu) — response
  • Telugu: సమాధానం (samādhānaṁ) — response
  • Thai: คําตอบ (kam-dtɔ̀ɔp) — response
  • Tongan: tali — response
  • Turkish: yanıt — response
  • Turkish: cevap — response
  • Ottoman Turkish: جواب (cevab) — response
  • Ottoman Turkish: اجابت (icabet) — response
  • Turkmen: jogap — response
  • Tuvan: харыы (xarıı) — response
  • Ukrainian: ві́дповідь (vídpovidʹ) — response
  • Urdu: جَواب (javāb) — response
  • Urdu: اُتَّر (uttar) — response
  • Urdu: پاسُخ (pāsux) — response
  • Uyghur: جاۋاب (jawab) — response
  • Uzbek: javob — response
  • Vietnamese: trả lời — response
  • Vietnamese: câu trả lời — response
  • Volapük: gesag — response
  • Waray-Waray: baton — response
  • Waray-Waray: tubag — response
  • Welsh: ateb — response
  • Wolaytta: zaaruwa — response
  • Yakut: эппиэт (eppiet) — response
  • Yakut: харда (qarda) — response
  • Yakut: хоруй (qoruy) — response
  • Yiddish: ענטפֿער (entfer) — response
  • Zazaki: cıwab — response
  • Zazaki: cewab — response
  • Arabic: حَلّ (ḥall) — solution
  • Arabic: حَلّ (ḥəl, ḥəll) — solution
  • Bulgarian: реше́ние (rešénie) — solution
  • Chinese Cantonese: 解答 (gaai2 daap3) — solution
  • Chinese Cantonese: 答案 (daap3 on3) — solution
  • Chinese Mandarin: 解答 (jiědá) — solution
  • Chinese Mandarin: 答案 (dá'àn) — solution
  • Danish: løsning — solution
  • Danish: svar — solution
  • Esperanto: repliko — solution
  • Finnish: ratkaisu — solution
  • Finnish: vastaus — solution
  • French: solution — solution
  • French: réponse — solution
  • German: Lösung — solution
  • Greek: λύση (lýsi) — solution
  • Hebrew: מַעֲנֶה (ma'ané) — solution
  • Hungarian: megoldás — solution
  • Icelandic: svar — solution
  • Ido: repliko — solution
  • Ido: solvo — solution
  • Indonesian: solusi — solution
  • Ingrian: vassus — solution
  • Japanese: 解答 (kaitō) — solution
  • Korean: 해답 (haedap) — solution
  • Korean: 정답 (jeongdap) — solution
  • Korean: 답안 (daban) — solution
  • Korean: 답 (dap) — solution
  • Luxembourgish: Léisung — solution
  • Macedonian: решение (rešenie) — solution
  • Malay: penyelesaian — solution
  • Malayalam: ഉത്തരം (uttaraṁ) — solution
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svar — solution
  • Norwegian Bokmål: løsning — solution
  • Plautdietsch: Auntwuat (nds) — solution
  • Polish: odpowiedź — solution
  • Portuguese: resposta — solution
  • Romanian: rezolvare — solution
  • Romanian: soluție — solution
  • Russian: реше́ние (rešénije) — solution
  • Russian: отве́т (otvét) — solution
  • Scottish Gaelic: freagairt — solution
  • Serbo-Croatian: реше́ње — solution
  • Serbo-Croatian: рјеше́ње — solution
  • Serbo-Croatian: rešénje — solution
  • Serbo-Croatian: rješénje — solution
  • Slovak: riešenie — solution
  • Slovak: odpoveď — solution
  • Slovene: odgovor — solution
  • Slovene: rešitev — solution
  • Spanish: respuesta — solution
  • Swahili: jibu — solution
  • Swedish: svar — solution
  • Tagalog: solusyon — solution
  • Tamil: விடை (viṭai) — solution
  • Tamil: தீர்வு (tīrvu) — solution
  • Telugu: పరిష్కారం (pariṣkāraṁ) — solution
  • Vietnamese: đáp án — solution
  • Arabic: رَدّ (rəd, rədd) — reply to email
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓ݂ܘܼܝܵܒ݂ܵܐ (ḡuyāwā) — reply to email
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓ̰ܘܼܘܵܒܵܐ (juwābā) — reply to email
  • Bulgarian: о́тговор (ótgovor) — reply to email
  • Chinese Mandarin: 回答 (huídá) — reply to email
  • Chinese Mandarin: 回復 /回复 (huífù) — reply to email
  • Chinese Mandarin: 回信 (huíxìn) — reply to email
  • Danish: svar — reply to email
  • Finnish: vastaus — reply to email
  • French: réponse — reply to email
  • Greek: απάντηση (apántisi) — reply to email
  • Greek: απόκριση (apókrisi) — reply to email
  • Hebrew: תשובה (tshuva) — reply to email
  • Hindi: जवाब देना (javāb denā) — reply to email
  • Hindi: उत्तर देना (uttar denā) — reply to email
  • Hungarian: válasz — reply to email
  • Indonesian: balas — reply to email
  • Japanese: 返事 (henji) — reply to email
  • Japanese: 返答 (hentō) — reply to email
  • Korean: 대답 (daedap) — reply to email
  • Korean: 답변 (dapbyeon) — reply to email
  • Korean: 회답 (hoedap) — reply to email
  • Korean: 회신 (hoesin) — reply to email
  • Central Kurdish: وەڵام (wellam) — reply to email
  • Macedonian: о́дговор (ódgovor) — reply to email
  • Malayalam: മറുപടി (maṟupaṭi) — reply to email
  • Malayalam: പ്രതികരണം (pratikaraṇaṁ) — reply to email
  • Norwegian: svar — reply to email
  • Polish: odpowiedź — reply to email
  • Portuguese: resposta — reply to email
  • Romanian: răspuns — reply to email
  • Russian: отве́т (otvét) — reply to email
  • Scottish Gaelic: freagairt — reply to email
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̏дгово̄р — reply to email
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȍdgovōr — reply to email
  • Slovak: odpoveď — reply to email
  • Slovene: odgovor — reply to email
  • Spanish: contestación — reply to email
  • Spanish: respuesta — reply to email
  • Swahili: jibu — reply to email
  • Swedish: svar — reply to email
  • Tagalog: sagot — reply to email
  • Tamil: பதில் (patil) — reply to email
  • Tamil: மறுமொழி (maṟumoḻi) — reply to email
  • Telugu: జవాబు (javābu) — reply to email
  • Telugu: సమాధానం (samādhānaṁ) — reply to email
  • Vietnamese: tin trả lời — reply to email
  • Finnish: vastine — document filed in response to a complaint
  • Greek: ανταπάντηση (antapántisi) — document filed in response to a complaint
  • Greek: απόκρουση (apókrousi) — document filed in response to a complaint
  • Hungarian: viszontválasz — document filed in response to a complaint
  • Italian: risposta — document filed in response to a complaint
  • Polish: odpowiedź — document filed in response to a complaint
  • Portuguese: réplica — document filed in response to a complaint
  • Romanian: soluționare — document filed in response to a complaint
  • Russian: отве́т (otvét) — document filed in response to a complaint
  • Slovak: odpoveď — document filed in response to a complaint
  • Spanish: contestación — document filed in response to a complaint
  • Afrikaans: antwoord — to make a reply or response to
  • Albanian: përgjigjem — to make a reply or response to
  • Arabic: أَجَابَ (ʔajāba) — to make a reply or response to
  • Arabic: رَدَّ (radda) — to make a reply or response to
  • Arabic: جَاوَبَ (jāwaba) — to make a reply or response to
  • Arabic: رد (radd) — to make a reply or response to
  • Arabic: رَد (radd) — to make a reply or response to
  • Arabic: جَاوَب (jāwab) — to make a reply or response to
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓ݂ܵܝܹܒ݂ (ḡāyēw) — to make a reply or response to
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܵܐܹܒ݂ (gāˀēḇ) — to make a reply or response to
  • Armenian: պատասխանել (patasxanel) — to make a reply or response to
  • Aromanian: apãndisescu — to make a reply or response to
  • Aromanian: apocrisescu — to make a reply or response to
  • Asturian: responder — to make a reply or response to
  • Asturian: contestar — to make a reply or response to
  • Azerbaijani: cavab vermək — to make a reply or response to
  • Azerbaijani: cavablandırmaq — to make a reply or response to
  • Basque: erantzun — to make a reply or response to
  • Belarusian: адка́зваць (adkázvacʹ) — to make a reply or response to
  • Belarusian: адказа́ць (adkazácʹ) — to make a reply or response to
  • Belarusian: адпавяда́ць (adpavjadácʹ) — to make a reply or response to
  • Bengali: উত্তর দেওয়া (uttor deōẇa) — to make a reply or response to
  • Bulgarian: отгова́рям (otgovárjam) — to make a reply or response to
  • Bulgarian: отгово́ря (otgovórja) — to make a reply or response to
  • Bulgarian: отвръ́щам (otvrǎ́štam) — to make a reply or response to
  • Bulgarian: отвъ́рна (otvǎ́rna) — to make a reply or response to
  • Burmese: ပြန်ကြား (prankra:) — to make a reply or response to
  • Burmese: ဖြေ (hpre) — to make a reply or response to
  • Catalan: respondre — to make a reply or response to
  • Cherokee: ᎦᏬᎯᎵᏴᎠ (gawohiliyva) — to make a reply or response to
  • Chichewa: -yankha — to make a reply or response to
  • Chinese Mandarin: 回答 (huídá) — to make a reply or response to
  • Chinese Mandarin: 答應 /答应 (dāying) — to make a reply or response to
  • Chinese Mandarin: 答覆 (dáfù) — to make a reply or response to
  • Cornish: gorthebi — to make a reply or response to
  • Czech: odpovídat — to make a reply or response to
  • Czech: odpovědět — to make a reply or response to
  • Danish: svare — to make a reply or response to
  • Dutch: antwoorden — to make a reply or response to
  • Erzya: меремс каршо (merems karšo) — to make a reply or response to
  • Esperanto: respondi — to make a reply or response to
  • Estonian: vastama — to make a reply or response to
  • Farefare: lerge — to make a reply or response to
  • Faroese: svara — to make a reply or response to
  • Finnish: vastata — to make a reply or response to
  • French: répondre — to make a reply or response to
  • Friulian: rispuindi — to make a reply or response to
  • Galician: responder — to make a reply or response to
  • Galician: contestar — to make a reply or response to
  • Georgian: პასუხობს (ṗasuxobs) — to make a reply or response to
  • German: antworten — to make a reply or response to
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (andwaurdjan) — to make a reply or response to
  • Greek: απαντώ (apantó) — to make a reply or response to
  • Greek: αποκρίνομαι (apokrínomai) — to make a reply or response to
  • Ancient Greek: ἀποκρίνομαι (apokrínomai) — to make a reply or response to
  • Mbya Guarani: mbovai — to make a reply or response to
  • Paraguayan Guarani: mbohovái — to make a reply or response to
  • Haitian Creole: reponn — to make a reply or response to
  • Hawaiian: pane — to make a reply or response to
  • Hebrew: עָנָה (aná) — to make a reply or response to
  • Hindi: जवाब देना (javāb denā) — to make a reply or response to
  • Hindi: उत्तर देना (uttar denā) — to make a reply or response to
  • Hungarian: válaszol — to make a reply or response to
  • Icelandic: svara — to make a reply or response to
  • Icelandic: ansa — to make a reply or response to
  • Ido: respondar — to make a reply or response to
  • Indonesian: menjawab — to make a reply or response to
  • Ingrian: vassata — to make a reply or response to
  • Interlingua: responder — to make a reply or response to
  • Irish: freagair — to make a reply or response to
  • Italian: rispondere — to make a reply or response to
  • Japanese: 答える (kotaeru) — to make a reply or response to
  • Japanese: 返事する (henji suru) — to make a reply or response to
  • Kazakh: жауап беру (jauap beru) — to make a reply or response to
  • Khmer: ឆ្លើយ (chlaəy) — to make a reply or response to
  • Korean: 대답(對答)하다 (daedaphada) — to make a reply or response to
  • Korean: 회답(回答)하다 (hoedaphada) — to make a reply or response to
  • Korean: 회신(回信)하다 (hoesinhada) — to make a reply or response to
  • Korean: 응답(應答)하다 (eungdaphada) — to make a reply or response to
  • Korean: 답변(答辯)하다 (dapbyeonhada) — to make a reply or response to
  • Korean: 답(答)하다 (daphada) — to make a reply or response to
  • Central Kurdish: وەڵام (wellam) — to make a reply or response to
  • Kyrgyz: жооп берүү (joop berüü) — to make a reply or response to
  • Laboya: baleha — to make a reply or response to
  • Ladin: respuender — to make a reply or response to
  • Lao: ຕອບ (tǭp) — to make a reply or response to
  • Latin: respondeō — to make a reply or response to
  • Latin: resequor — to make a reply or response to
  • Latin: referō — to make a reply or response to
  • Latvian: atbildēt — to make a reply or response to
  • Lithuanian: atsakyti — to make a reply or response to
  • Luxembourgish: äntweren — to make a reply or response to
  • Macedonian: одговара (odgovara) — to make a reply or response to
  • Macedonian: одговори (odgovori) — to make a reply or response to
  • Malay: jawab — to make a reply or response to
  • Malayalam: ഉത്തരം നൽകുക (uttaraṁ nalkuka) — to make a reply or response to
  • Mongolian: хариулах (xariulax) — to make a reply or response to
  • Nahuatl: nanquilia — to make a reply or response to
  • Neapolitan: risponne — to make a reply or response to
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svare — to make a reply or response to
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svar — to make a reply or response to
  • Occitan: respónder — to make a reply or response to
  • Occitan: respondre — to make a reply or response to
  • Old Church Slavonic: отъвѣщавати (otŭvěštavati) — to make a reply or response to
  • Old English: andwyrdan — to make a reply or response to
  • Old English: andswarian — to make a reply or response to
  • Old Norse: svara — to make a reply or response to
  • Oromo: deebisuu — to make a reply or response to
  • Papiamentu: respondé — to make a reply or response to
  • Persian: پاسُخ دادَن (pâsox dâdan) — to make a reply or response to
  • Persian: جَواب دادَن (javâb dâdan) — to make a reply or response to
  • Plautdietsch: auntwuate — to make a reply or response to
  • Polish: odpowiadać — to make a reply or response to
  • Polish: odpowiedzieć — to make a reply or response to
  • Portuguese: responder — to make a reply or response to
  • Quechua: kutichiy — to make a reply or response to
  • Romanian: răspunde — to make a reply or response to
  • Romansh: respunder — to make a reply or response to
  • Romansh: rispunder — to make a reply or response to
  • Romansh: raspunder — to make a reply or response to
  • Romansh: respuonder — to make a reply or response to
  • Romansh: rasponder — to make a reply or response to
  • Russian: отвеча́ть (otvečátʹ) — to make a reply or response to
  • Russian: отве́тить (otvétitʹ) — to make a reply or response to
  • Sardinian: respúndiri — to make a reply or response to
  • Sardinian: arraspundi — to make a reply or response to
  • Sardinian: rispòndhere — to make a reply or response to
  • Sardinian: rispònnere — to make a reply or response to
  • Scottish Gaelic: freagair — to make a reply or response to
  • Serbo-Croatian: одгово́рити — to make a reply or response to
  • Serbo-Croatian: odgovóriti — to make a reply or response to
  • Slovak: odpovedať — to make a reply or response to
  • Slovak: reagovať — to make a reply or response to
  • Slovene: odgovarjati — to make a reply or response to
  • Slovene: odgovorīti — to make a reply or response to
  • Spanish: responder — to make a reply or response to
  • Spanish: contestar — to make a reply or response to
  • Swahili: -jibu — to make a reply or response to
  • Swedish: svara — to make a reply or response to
  • Tagalog: -sagutan — to make a reply or response to
  • Tajik: ҷавоб додан (javob dodan) — to make a reply or response to
  • Tajik: посух додан (posux dodan) — to make a reply or response to
  • Tamil: மறுமொழி (maṟumoḻi) — to make a reply or response to
  • Tamil: பதிலளி (patilaḷi) — to make a reply or response to
  • Thai: ตอบ (dtɔ̀ɔp) — to make a reply or response to
  • Tok Pisin: bekim tok — to make a reply or response to
  • Turkish: cevap vermek — to make a reply or response to
  • Turkish: cevaplamak — to make a reply or response to
  • Turkish: yanıt vermek — to make a reply or response to
  • Turkish: yanıtlamak — to make a reply or response to
  • Turkmen: jogap bermek — to make a reply or response to
  • Ukrainian: відповіда́ти (vidpovidáty) — to make a reply or response to
  • Ukrainian: відповісти́ (vidpovistý) — to make a reply or response to
  • Urdu: جَواب دینا (javāb denā) — to make a reply or response to
  • Uyghur: جاۋاب بەرمەك (jawab bermek) — to make a reply or response to
  • Uzbek: javob bermoq — to make a reply or response to
  • Venetan: responder — to make a reply or response to
  • Venetan: risponder — to make a reply or response to
  • Vietnamese: trả lời — to make a reply or response to
  • Welsh: ateb — to make a reply or response to
  • Yiddish: ענטפֿערן (entfern) — to make a reply or response to
  • Zazaki: cewab dayen — to make a reply or response to
  • Arabic: رَدّ (rəd, rədd) — to respond to a call
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓ݂ܵܝܹܒ݂ (ḡāyēw) — to respond to a call
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܵܐܹܒ݂ (gāˀēḇ) — to respond to a call
  • Bengali: সাড়া দেওয়া (śaṛa deōẇa) — to respond to a call
  • Bulgarian: отгова́рям (otgovárjam) — to respond to a call
  • Bulgarian: отгово́ря (otgovórja) — to respond to a call
  • Burmese: ထူး (htu:) — to respond to a call
  • Ngazidja Comorian: uviia — to respond to a call
  • Dutch: beantwoorden — to respond to a call
  • Finnish: vastata — to respond to a call
  • Finnish: avata — to respond to a call
  • Greek: απαντώ (apantó) — to respond to a call
  • Hungarian: reagál — to respond to a call
  • Hungarian: felvesz — to respond to a call
  • Hungarian: kinyit — to respond to a call
  • Icelandic: svara — to respond to a call
  • Ido: respondar — to respond to a call
  • Irish: freagair — to respond to a call
  • Italian: rispondere — to respond to a call
  • Korean: 전화(電話)를 받다 (jeonhwa-reul batda) — to respond to a call
  • Korean: 응(應)하다 (eunghada) — to respond to a call
  • Macedonian: одговара (odgovara) — to respond to a call
  • Macedonian: одговори (odgovori) — to respond to a call
  • Malayalam: എടുക്കുക (eṭukkuka) — to respond to a call
  • Māori: whakaō — to respond to a call
  • Polish: odpowiedzieć — to respond to a call
  • Portuguese: atender — to respond to a call
  • Romanian: răspunde — to respond to a call
  • Russian: отвеча́ть (otvečátʹ) — to respond to a call
  • Russian: отве́тить (otvétitʹ) — to respond to a call
  • Scottish Gaelic: freagair — to respond to a call
  • Serbo-Croatian: ја́вити — to respond to a call
  • Serbo-Croatian: jáviti — to respond to a call
  • Spanish: contestar — to respond to a call
  • Tamil: எடு (eṭu) — to respond to a call
  • Tok Pisin: bekim tok — to respond to a call
  • Turkish: cevaplamak — to respond to a call
  • Turkish: yanıtlamak — to respond to a call
  • Turkish: bakmak — to respond to a call
  • Turkish: açmak — to respond to a call
  • Ukrainian: відповіда́ти (vidpovidáty) — to respond to a call
  • Ukrainian: відповісти́ (vidpovistý) — to respond to a call
  • Vietnamese: đáp lời — to respond to a call
  • Vietnamese: trả lời — to respond to a call
  • Bulgarian: подхо́ждам (podhóždam) — to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily
  • Dutch: beantwoorden — to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily
  • Finnish: vastata — to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily
  • Greek: ανταποκρίνομαι (antapokrínomai) — to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily
  • Hungarian: megfelel — to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily
  • Italian: rispondere — to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily
  • Japanese: 答える (kotaeru) — to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily
  • Korean: 대응(對應)하다 (daeeunghada) — to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily
  • Korean: 응(應)하다 (eunghada) — to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily
  • Central Kurdish: جێ بەجێ (cê becê) — to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily
  • Macedonian: одговара (odgovara) — to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily
  • Macedonian: соодветствува (soodvetstvuva) — to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily
  • Malayalam: ഉത്തരമാകുക (uttaramākuka) — to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily
  • Norwegian: oppfylle — to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily
  • Norwegian: tilfredsstille — to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily
  • Polish: odpowiadać — to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily
  • Portuguese: atender — to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily
  • Russian: отвеча́ть (otvečátʹ) — to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily
  • Russian: отве́тить (otvétitʹ) — to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily
  • Russian: соотве́тствовать (sootvétstvovatʹ) — to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily
  • Scottish Gaelic: freagair — to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily
  • Slovak: zodpovedať — to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily
  • Spanish: servir — to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily
  • Finnish: vastata — law: to file a response to a complaint
  • Greek: ανταπαντώ (antapantó) — law: to file a response to a complaint
  • Greek: αποκρούω (apokroúo) — law: to file a response to a complaint
  • Korean: 답변(答辯)하다 (dapbyeonhada) — law: to file a response to a complaint
  • Macedonian: одговара (odgovara) — law: to file a response to a complaint
  • Polish: odpowiadać — law: to file a response to a complaint
  • Portuguese: replicar — law: to file a response to a complaint
  • Portuguese: redarguir — law: to file a response to a complaint
  • Romanian: soluționa — law: to file a response to a complaint
  • Russian: отвеча́ть (otvečátʹ) — law: to file a response to a complaint
  • Russian: отве́тить (otvétitʹ) — law: to file a response to a complaint
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