From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsomebody’s answer to somethingsomebody’s answer to somethingwrittenEQUAL someone or something that is considered to be just as good as a more famous person or thing The Space Needle is Seattle’s answer to the Eiffel Tower. → answer
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somebody’s answer to something• The Space Needle is Seattle's answer to the Eiffel Tower.• A third consideration draws attention to the association between answers to the Ten Statements Test, and another set of factors.• An answer to that question might give clues to the broader question of the function of sleep.• At first glance the answer to this question too seems to be in the negative.• Do you really want to hear the answers to all those questions?• I never did get an answer to that final one.• Send your answers to Link editor, , .• The answer to that question depends in part on your business.• The attendant was entirely honest in his answers to my questions and in the amount of fuel he pumped. 