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Meanings of answer in English

Portuguese
resposta
Catalan
resposta
Spanish
resolución

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

        resposta
        Russian
        ответ
        Portuguese
        resultado
        Catalan
        contesta
        Spanish
        respuesta

        A response to a question.

            ответ
            Portuguese
            ser suficiente
            Spanish
            bastar

            Be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity.

                  ser suficiente
                  Portuguese
                  responder
                  Spanish
                  replicar

                  To communicate a message of any form in reaction to something that has been asked or expressed, to the being who expressed it.

                        responder
                        Usage of answer in English
                        1
                        It's a really good question, I don't have a good answer yet.
                        The new yorker
                        2
                        And that's the second question that American Animals sets out to answer.
                        Radio NZ
                        3
                        However, one answer I struggle to see is with my family situation.
                        Feminist dot com
                        4
                        I've come a long way to hear your answer to that question.
                        Apocalypse of the Dead
                        5
                        Photo: Supplied New Zealand police would not answer questions about the case.
                        Radio NZ
                        6
                        That was the problem with this story-everyanswer led to another question.
                        A farewell to legs: an aaron tucker mystery
                        7
                        This is a pretty good way to answer that question, Bloys said.
                        News.com.au
                        8
                        The answer is simple: 300 million years ago, there was no Atlantic.
                        BBC
                        9
                        THE question is almost impossible to answer: why is Winx so good?
                        News.com.au
                        10
                        Long term, Roy is the great answer to this football club's problem.
                        The Guardian
                        11
                        A possibly late answer could bring a solution to an earlier problem!
                        The South African
                        12
                        The answer is: yes there is; it is the Nordic health model.
                        The Irish Times
                        13
                        So, I will ask you a question, which will answer your question.
                        The new yorker
                        14
                        Background: Electronic order-sets increasingly ask clinicians to answer questions or follow algorithms.
                        Pubmed
                        15
                        To remember that when serious people ask you questions, you should answer.
                        11/22/63
                        16
                        We may not answer; your question concerns events that predate the Accord.
                        Fire With Fire
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                        Translations for answer
                        Russian
                        ответ
                        Answer through the time
                        Answer across language varieties
                        United Kingdom
                        Common
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                        Common
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