COLLOCATIONS
answered the phone, answered the door, answered a question, answered the call of duty
WORD FORMSBase: answer | Present participle: answering | Past: answered | Past participle: answeredUSAGE NOTES
The word 'answered' is the past tense and past participle of 'answer'. It is used transitively when referring to a specific question and intransitively when referring to a general response.