answer to (English, verb)
expansion: answer to (third-person singular simple present answers to, present participle answering to, simple past and past participle answered to)
Senses:
glosses: To be accountable or responsible to; to account to; to report to.
glosses: To justify oneself to (someone). (usually with have to)
glosses: To respond to (a name); to treat as one's own name.
Forms:
form: answers to
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: answering to
tags: participle
present
form: answered to
tags: participle
past
form: answered to
tags: past