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Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I. answer [Brit ˈɑːnsə, Am ˈænsər] N

1. answer (reply):

answer
réponse f (to à)
in answer to sth

2. answer (solution) (to difficulty, puzzle):

answer
solution f (to à)
answer SCHOOL, UNIV
réponse f (to à)

3. answer (to criticism):

answer
réponse f (to à)

II. answer [Brit ˈɑːnsə, Am ˈænsər] VB trans

1. answer (reply to):

answer question, invitation, letter, person
to answer that …
to answer the call lit, fig

2. answer LAW:

answer (gen) (respond) criticism, accusation, allegation

3. answer (meet):

4. answer NAUT:

III. answer [Brit ˈɑːnsə, Am ˈænsər] VB intr

1. answer (respond):

answer

2. answer:

to answer to (correspond to) description

model answer N

answer-back [ˈɑːnsəbæk, Amˈæns-] N

I. answer for VB [Brit ˈɑːnsə -, Am ˈænsər -] (answer for [sth]) (account for)

answer for action, behaviour

II. answer for VB [Brit ˈɑːnsə -, Am ˈænsər -] (answer for [sb]) (vouch for)

answer for person

I. answer back VB [Brit ˈɑːnsə -, Am ˈænsər -] (answer back) (gen)

answer back LAW

II. answer back VB [Brit ˈɑːnsə -, Am ˈænsər -] (answer [sb] back) Brit

answer back
bang-on answer, guess
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I. answer [ˈɑ:nsəʳ, Am ˈæ:nsɚ] N

1. answer (reply):

answer
there was no answer at door
there was no answer to letter, on phone

2. answer (solution):

answer

II. answer [ˈɑ:nsəʳ, Am ˈæ:nsɚ] VB trans

1. answer (respond to):

answer question

2. answer (fit, suit):

answer

III. answer [ˈɑ:nsəʳ, Am ˈæ:nsɚ] VB intr

answer back VB intr

answer to VB trans

1. answer to (obey):

2. answer to (fit):

3. answer to (be named):

answer for VB trans

1. answer for (be responsible):

to answer for sb/sth

2. answer for Brit (vouch for):

to answer for sb/sth
elusive answer
reword answer, treaty
concise answer, letter
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model answer
to answer sb that sb did sth
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I. answer [ˈæn(t)·sər] N

1. answer (reply):

answer
there was no answer at door
there was no answer to letter, on phone

2. answer (solution):

answer

II. answer [ˈæn(t)·sər] VB trans

1. answer (respond to):

answer question

2. answer (fit, suit):

answer

III. answer [ˈæn(t)·sər] VB intr

answer to VB trans

1. answer to (obey):

2. answer to (fit):

3. answer to (be named):

answer for VB trans (be responsible)

to answer for sb/sth
elusive answer
reword answer, treaty
concise answer, letter
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answer key
Present
Ianswer
youanswer
he/she/itanswers
weanswer
youanswer
theyanswer
Past
Ianswered
youanswered
he/she/itanswered
weanswered
youanswered
theyanswered
Present Perfect
Ihaveanswered
youhaveanswered
he/she/ithasanswered
wehaveanswered
youhaveanswered
theyhaveanswered
Past Perfect
Ihadanswered
youhadanswered
he/she/ithadanswered
wehadanswered
youhadanswered
theyhadanswered
dev
dev
dev
dev