отвеча́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• answer noun A reply given to a question, or a solution to a problem.
• meet verb To come face to face with someone, whether by chance or by arrangement.
• reciprocate verb To respond to an action or feeling with a similar one in return.
• reply verb To give a spoken or written answer to a question, message, or accusation.
• respond verb To say or write something as an answer.

Senses

отвеча́ть is used for these senses in English:

• answer (ambitransitive) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
• answer To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
• answer (obsolete) To be or act as an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.
• answer to To be accountable or responsible to; to account to; to report to.
• meet To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.
• reciprocate (transitive) To exchange two things, with both parties giving one thing and taking another thing.
• respond (intransitive) To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response.

answer — full definition

1. noun A reply given to a question, or a solution to a problem.
2. verb To give a reply, especially to a question, letter, or call.
3. verb To be accountable or responsible for something, often to someone in authority.

meet — full definition

1. verb To come face to face with someone, whether by chance or by arrangement.
2. verb To come together with others for a discussion, event, or contest.
3. verb To touch, join, or come into contact with something, often where two things converge.
4. verb To satisfy a requirement, need, or standard.
5. noun An organized sporting event, especially in athletics or swimming.

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