"answer" meaning in All languages combined

See answer on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɑːn.sə/ [UK], /ˈænsɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-answer.ogg [US], en-uk-answer.ogg [UK] Forms: answer [singular], answers [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. An answer is something that someone says after another person asks (says) a question. Synonyms: response
    Sense id: simple-answer-en-noun-Tv2pxTSz
  2. An answer is the solution to something.
    Sense id: simple-answer-en-noun-W6Ix0ic1

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɑːn.sə/ [UK], /ˈænsɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-answer.ogg [US], en-uk-answer.ogg [UK] Forms: answer [canonical], answers [third-person, singular], answered [past], answered [past, participle], answering [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. To respond. Synonyms: meet, respond
    Sense id: simple-answer-en-verb-TFvphqjr
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      "form": "answer",
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    },
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  ],
  "hyphenation": "an‧swer",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The answer to your question is \"no\"."
        },
        {
          "text": "Question: \"How old are you?\""
        },
        {
          "text": "Answer: \"I'm 12 years old.\""
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An answer is something that someone says after another person asks (says) a question."
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    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I found the answer to the mathematics exercise immediately."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An answer is the solution to something."
      ],
      "id": "simple-answer-en-noun-W6Ix0ic1",
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  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/ˈɑːn.sə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    },
    {
      "sampa": "/\"A:n.s@/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈænsɚ/",
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        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-answer.ogg",
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      "form": "answered",
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      "form": "answered",
      "tags": [
        "past",
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      ]
    },
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        {
          "text": "He answers all my questions."
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        "To respond."
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        },
        {
          "word": "respond"
        }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑːn.sə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/\"A:n.s@/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈænsɚ/",
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      ]
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-answer.ogg",
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      "form": "answer",
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        {
          "text": "The answer to your question is \"no\"."
        },
        {
          "text": "Question: \"How old are you?\""
        },
        {
          "text": "Answer: \"I'm 12 years old.\""
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "I found the answer to the mathematics exercise immediately."
        }
      ],
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      ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈɑːn.sə/",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈænsɚ/",
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      "audio": "en-us-answer.ogg",
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        {
          "text": "He answers all my questions."
        }
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        "To respond."
      ],
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          "word": "meet"
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        {
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        }
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    }
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      "tags": [
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈænsɚ/",
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      ]
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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