プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
こたえ【答え】
❶〔返事〕 ((give)) an answer，((give; make)) a reply；〔反応〕 ((make)) a response
問い合わせの答えはもらえたのか
Have you received a reply to your inquiry?
何度ノックしても答えがなかった
There was no answer [response] to my repeated knocking on the door.
私の質問にはっきりした答えをしなかった
He did not give a definite answer to my question.
❷〔解答〕an answer ((to))；〔解決〕a solution ((to))
この数学問題の正しい答えは何か
What is the correct answer to this mathematics problem?
答えがどうしても出せなかった
I simply could not work out a solution.