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General dictionaries General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. answer: Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
  2. answer: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
  3. answer: Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
  4. answer: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
  5. ANSWER, Answer, answer: Wordnik [home, info]
  6. answer: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
  7. Answer: Wiktionary [home, info]
  8. answer: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
  9. answer: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
  10. answer: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
  11. Answer, answer: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  12. answer: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
  13. answer: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
  14. answer: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
  15. answer: Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms [home, info]
  16. A.N.S.W.E.R, ANSWER, Answer (comics), The Answer (Animorphs), The Answer (Gloria Gaynor album), The Answer (band), The Answer (song), The Answer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
  17. answer: Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs [home, info]
  18. Answer: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
  19. answer: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
  20. answer: Rhymezone [home, info]
  21. answer: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
  22. answer: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
  23. Answer: 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
  24. answer: Free Dictionary [home, info]
  25. answer: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
  26. answer: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
  27. answer: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
  28. answer: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
  29. answer: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]

Art dictionaries Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. answer: Essentials of Music [home, info]
  2. ANSWER: Shakespeare Glossary [home, info]
  3. Answer: Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary [home, info]

Business dictionaries Business (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. Answer: MoneyGlossary.com [home, info]
  2. answer: Webster's New World Law Dictionary [home, info]
  3. answer: Law.com Dictionary [home, info]
  4. answer: Everybody's Legal Dictionary [home, info]
  5. ANSWER: DS Dictionary [home, info]
  6. Answer: THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM [home, info]
  7. answer: Glossary of Legal Terms [home, info]
  8. ANSWER: Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition [home, info]
  9. answer: Legal dictionary [home, info]
  10. answer: BusinessDictionary.com [home, info]

Computing dictionaries Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. answer: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Medicine dictionaries Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. answer: online medical dictionary [home, info]

Miscellaneous dictionaries Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. ANSWER: Acronym Finder [home, info]
  2. ANSWER: AbbreviationZ [home, info]
  3. answer: Idioms [home, info]

Quick definitions (answer)

noun:  a nonverbal reaction ("His answer to any problem was to get drunk")
noun:  the principle 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
noun:  a statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation ("I waited several days for his answer")
noun:  the speech act of replying to a question
noun:  a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem ("The answers were in the back of the book")
verb:  match or correspond ("The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave")
verb:  be liable or accountable ("She must answer for her actions")
verb:  understand the meaning of ("The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered")
verb:  give the correct answer or solution to ("Answer a question")
verb:  react to a stimulus or command ("The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch")
verb:  respond to a signal ("Answer the door")
verb:  give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument) ("The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution")
verb:  reply or respond to ("She didn't want to answer")
verb:  be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of ("This may answer her needs")
verb:  be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity ("A few words would answer")

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