[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc.:He sent an to my letter promptly.Synonyms: riposte", "a correct response to a question asked to test one's knowledge.", "an equivalent or approximation:The band tried to be the French answer to the Beatles.", "an action serving as a reply or response:The answer was a volley of fire.", "a solution to a problem, especially in mathematics.", "a reply to a charge or accusation.Synonyms: plea , defense", "Law.a pleading in which a party responds to the opponent's of position, especially the defendant's reply to the plaintiff's complaint.", "Music.the entrance of a fugue subject, usually on the dominant, either slightly altered or transposed exactly after each presentation in the tonic."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to speak or write in response; make answer; reply.", "to respond by an act or motion:He answered with a nod.The champion answered with a right to the jaw.", "to act or suffer in consequence of (usually followed byfor).", "to be or declare oneself responsible or accountable (usually followed byfor):I will answer for his safety.", "to be satisfactory or serve (usually followed byfor):His cane answered for a baseball bat.", "to conform; correspond (usually followed byto):The prisoner answered to the description issued by the police."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to speak or write in response to; reply to:to answer a person;to answer a question.", "to act or move in response to:Answer the doorbell. We answered their goal with two quick goals of our own.", "to solve or present a solution of.", "to serve or fulfill:This will answer the purpose.", "to discharge (a responsibility, claim, debt, etc.).", "to conform or correspond to; be similar or equivalent to:This dog answers your description.", "to atone for; make amends for.", "to reply or respond favorably to:I would like to answer your request but am unable to do so."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb phrase", "List Items": ["to reply impertinently or rudely:Well-behaved children do not answer back when scolded."]}]