"answer to" meaning in English

See answer to in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: answers to [present, singular, third-person], answering to [participle, present], answered to [participle, past], answered to [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} answer to (third-person singular simple present answers to, present participle answering to, simple past and past participle answered to)
  1. To be accountable or responsible to; to account to; to report to. Translations (to be responsible to): 對……負責任 (Chinese Mandarin), 对……负责任 (duì...fùzérèn) (Chinese Mandarin), vastata (Finnish), répondre à (French), être responsable devant qn. (French), passen zu (German), ábyrgur [masculine] (Icelandic), ábyrgur fyrir [masculine] (Icelandic), óábyrgur [masculine, with-negation] (Icelandic), rispondere (Italian), responsabilizar-se por (Portuguese), отвеча́ть (otvečátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отве́тить (otvétitʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-answer_to-en-verb-8vIv-ugS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "to", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 5 7 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "to": 78 9 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 83 8 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 8 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 6 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 81 8 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 74 12 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 80 8 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 78 9 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 81 8 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 79 7 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 74 12 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 82 7 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 81 8 10 Disambiguation of 'to be responsible to': 87 0 13
  2. To justify oneself to (someone). (usually with have to) Translations (to justify oneself to): vastata (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-answer_to-en-verb-KvWJovow Disambiguation of 'to justify oneself to': 3 94 3
  3. To respond to (a name); to treat as one's own name. Translations (to respond to): totella nimeä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-answer_to-en-verb-mfxKxGz5 Disambiguation of 'to respond to': 9 2 89

Inflected forms

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          "responsible",
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          "word": "對……負責任"
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          "sense": "to be responsible to",
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          "sense": "to be responsible to",
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          "sense": "to be responsible to",
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          "sense": "to be responsible to",
          "word": "passen zu"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to be responsible to",
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          "sense": "to be responsible to",
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          "sense": "to be responsible to"
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          "sense": "to be responsible to",
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          "sense": "to be responsible to",
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        "To justify oneself to (someone). (usually with have to)"
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          "text": "She's answered to Katie her entire life."
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          "word": "totella nimeä"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to be responsible to",
      "word": "對……負責任"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "duì...fùzérèn",
      "sense": "to be responsible to",
      "word": "对……负责任"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to be responsible to",
      "word": "vastata"
    },
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to be responsible to",
      "word": "répondre à"
    },
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to be responsible to",
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    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to be responsible to",
      "word": "passen zu"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to be responsible to",
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      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to be responsible to",
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      "word": "ábyrgur fyrir"
    },
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      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to be responsible to",
      "tags": [
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        "with-negation"
      ],
      "word": "óábyrgur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to be responsible to",
      "word": "rispondere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "note": "odpowiadać przed + instrumental",
      "sense": "to be responsible to"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to be responsible to",
      "word": "responsabilizar-se por"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otvečátʹ",
      "sense": "to be responsible to",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "отвеча́ть"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otvétitʹ",
      "sense": "to be responsible to",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "отве́тить"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to justify oneself to",
      "word": "vastata"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to respond to",
      "word": "totella nimeä"
    }
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  "word": "answer to"
}

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