a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc | a nonverbal reaction |
a document showing credits and debits | the speech act of replying to a question |
a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true | a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation |
(computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program | a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem |
(music) the presentation of a musical theme | the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims |
a nonverbal message | |
the act of affirming or asserting or stating something | |