{
  "id": "answer.solution",
  "term": "answer",
  "sense": "solution",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 10,
  "arena": "linguistic",
  "domain": "everyday",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a response to a question",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "response.behavioral",
      "questions.linguistic"
    ],
    "interaction": "the response is about the question",
    "novel_properties": [
      "information provided",
      "inquiry resolved"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The Apollo 13 mission returned safely after engineers solved the CO₂ buildup using duct tape and cardboard.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "In 2020, the World Health Organization identified dexamethasone as a treatment reducing COVID-19 mortality.",
      "domain": "medicine"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Linux kernel fixed the 'Heartbleed' bug in OpenSSL within days of its disclosure.",
      "domain": "computing"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "response.behavioral",
      "type": "is-a",
      "note": "an answer is a kind of response"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "answer",
    "answered",
    "answering",
    "answers"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-answer.solution"
}