Meaning

3 senses
  1. To be accountable or responsible to; to account to; to report to.

    I'm above you in the hierarchy, Jim, so you should be answering to me.

    passen zu

    отвеча́тьotvečátʹ, отве́титьotvétitʹ

  2. To justify oneself to (someone). (usually with have to)

    You're going to have to answer to all of these charges to my satisfaction.

  3. To respond to (a name); to treat as one's own name.

    She's answered to Katie her entire life.

Examples

356 sentences
  1. What do you want answers to?

    На що ти хочеш отримати відповіді?

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  2. I know the answer to that question.

    Я знаю відповідь на це питання.

    ruЯ знаю ответ на этот вопрос.

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  3. Your answer to the question is not correct.

    Твоя відповідь на запитання невірна.

    ruВы неверно ответили на вопрос.

    deDeine Antwort auf die Frage ist nicht korrekt.

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  4. All the answers to this question were wrong.

    Усі відповіді на це питання були неправильні.

    ruВсе ответы на этот вопрос были неверными.

    deAlle Antworten auf diese Frage waren verkehrt.

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  5. He gave a positive answer to my question.

    Він ствердно відповів на моє запитання.

    ruОн утвердительно ответил на мой вопрос.

    deEr gab eine positive Antwort auf meine Frage.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to be responsible to:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to be responsible to:

Forms

answers to, answering to, answered to, answered to
Base formanswer to · to answer to
3rd person singularanswers to
Present participleanswering to
Past simpleanswered to
Past participleanswered to

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyanswer to
he, she, itanswers to

Past simpleLesson

all personsanswered to

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave answered to
he, she, ithas answered to

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill answer to

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Word family

1 related words
Relatedanswer for

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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