Answer and Succeed

Answer

Answer verb - To speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction.

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Succeed and answer are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Succeed" instead a verb "Answer".

Succeed verb - To turn out as planned or desired.

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Answer and succeed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Answer" instead a verb "Succeed".

Nearby Word: succeeding

Margaret Farrar, a prolific editor, once clued "Make a ___: succeed." She intended the answer to be A GO OF.

Source: The Problem with Pen Island
Multiple callers can attempt to answer but generally none will succeed, so nobody gets the prize because they weren't "smart" enough.

Source: Only Smart People May Pass
Not to mention the answer to the question at the beginning of the game (Will the mission succeed?).

Source: Video Game / Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

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