answer

answer
answer [ˈα:nsər]
1. noun
   a. ( = reply) réponse f
• to get an answer recevoir une réponse
• there's no answer (on phone) ça ne répond pas
• I knocked but there was no answer j'ai frappé mais il n'y a pas eu de réponse
• she's got an answer to everything elle a réponse à tout
• he knows all the answers il a réponse à tout
• the answer to my prayer l'exaucement m de ma prière
• there's no answer to that! que voulez-vous répondre à ça ?
• Belgium's answer to Sylvester Stallone le Sylvester Stallone belge
   b. ( = solution) solution f
• there must be an answer il doit y avoir une solution
2. transitive verb
[+ letter, question, description] répondre à ; [+ prayer] exaucer
• answer me! répondez-moi !
• to answer the door ouvrir la porte
• to answer the phone répondre au téléphone
3. intransitive verb
répondre
• he answers to the name of ... il répond au nom de ...
• he answers to that description il répond à cette description
4. compounds
► answering machine noun répondeur m
► answering service noun permanence f téléphonique
► answer back intransitive verb
separable transitive verb
répondre (avec impertinence)
• don't answer back! ne réponds pas !
► answer for inseparable transitive verb
( = be responsible for) répondre de
• he has a lot to answer for il a bien des comptes à rendre
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['ɑːnsə(r)], US ['ænsər] 1.
noun
1) (reply) réponse f (to à)

to get/give an answer — obtenir/donner une réponse

there's no answer — (to door) il n'y a personne; (on phone) ça ne répond pas

in answer to something — en réponse à quelque chose

I won't take no for an answer! — pas question de refuser!

there's no answer to that! — que voulez-vous répondre à ça?

France's answer to Marilyn Monroe — la version française de Marilyn Monroe

2) (solution) (to difficulty, puzzle) solution f (to à); School, University réponse f (to à)

the right/wrong answer — la bonne/mauvaise réponse

2.
transitive verb
1) (reply to) répondre à [question, invitation, letter, person]

to answer that... — répondre que...

to answer the door — aller or venir ouvrir la porte

to answer the telephone — répondre au téléphone

to answer the call — lit, fig répondre à l'appel

2) gen, Law (respond) répondre à [criticism, accusation, allegation]

to answer a charge — répondre d'une accusation

3) (meet) répondre à [need, demand]

we saw nobody answering that description — nous n'avons vu personne qui réponde à cette description

3.
intransitive verb
1) (respond) répondre

it's not answering — GB Telecommunications ça ne répond pas

to answer to the name of X — répondre au nom de X

2) (correspond)

to answer to — répondre or correspondre à [description]

3) (account)

to answer for somebody — répondre de quelqu'un

to answer to somebody — être responsable devant quelqu'un

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