answer

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
2. A solution to a problem.
3. Someone or something that fills a similar role or position.
4. A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To make a reply or response to.
2. (transitive) To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
3. (ambitransitive) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
4. (ambitransitive) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
5. To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
6. To file a document in response to a complaint.
7. To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
8. To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
9. To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
10. To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
11. To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
12. (obsolete) To render account to or for.
13. (obsolete) To atone for; to be punished for.
14. (obsolete) To be or act as an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.

Conceptes

resposta

respondre

contestar

contesta

solució

resolució

resultat

contestació

bastar

ésser resolt

desenllaç

Sinònims

reply

respond

response

solution

retort

rejoinder

account

resolve

reaction

return

solve

key

🔑

react

explanation

rejoin

defense

serve

reply to

satisfy

counter

resolution

replica

rebuttal

do

objection

plea

repay

cue

suffice

crackdown

accept

🉑

sass

riposte

correspond

result

retaliate

report

echo

present

come back

comeback

translate

replication

n

meet

give back

fulfill

fill

explain

fulfil

Traduccions

répondre

réponse

Antwort

antworten

risposta

rispondere

respuesta

contestar

responder

resposta

responder

antwoord

antwoorden

απάντηση

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɑːn.sə/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: answere

Heretat de anglès antic: andswaru

Cognat amb Old Frisian: ondser

Cognat amb Old Saxon: andswōr

Cognat amb danès: -

Cognat amb suec: ansvar

Cognat amb islandès: andsvar

Cognat amb anglès antic: andwyrde

Cognat amb neerlandès: antwoord

Cognat amb alemany: Antwort

Cognat amb anglès antic: andcwiss

Cognat amb alemany: Schwur

Heretat de anglès mitjà: answeren

Heretat de anglès antic: andswarian

Cognat amb Old Frisian: ondswera

Cognat amb danès: ansvare

Cognat amb suec: ansvara

Cognat amb islandès: andsvara

In summary

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”).

Frases

And nobody could accept that answer .

He co-starred with Kate Burton in both Give Me Your Answer , Do !

The Englishman didn't answer him directly .

The boy mumbled an answer that allowed him to avoid responding to her question .