answer (original) (raw)
answer noun [C] (REACTION)
I've just called him but there was no answer.
I didn't realize we had to write each answer on a new sheet of paper.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
- answerWe're still waiting for an answer.
- reply "How far?" asked Nigel. "Not far," was the mumbled reply.
- answer105 is the correct answer.
- responseThank you for your swift response.
- reactionWhat was her reaction when she was asked for her resignation?
- retortAlan snapped back with a witty retort.
Idiom
answer verb (BE RIGHT FOR)
answer a description (also answer to a description)
Phrasal verbs
(Definition of answer from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
answer | American Dictionary
answer noun [C] (REACTION)
If you are asking me if I want to go into business with you, the answer is no.
I called several times, but there was no answer.
answer noun [C] (SOLUTION)
(Definition of answer from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of answer
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On the other hand, our upper bound results show that only 65-79% of questions will be answered correctly even in the best possible circumstances.
The next section situates the specific track task in the context of other question answering work.
First, the sources relevant for answering the query must be identified.
He knows the melody and the words and answers with the next verse.
Section 5 of this chapter contains a list of questions to be answered in subsequent chapters.
In other words, how do they accomplish or do "answering"?
Thus, considered holistically, this entire turn can be seen as occupied with the task of answering the question.
Two flow-charts of strategies used to achieve the cor rect answers were then designed.
Most of these are couched in the form of questions rather than answers.
The first partial answers only concern and date back as recently as 1995, and all the other partial results obtained so far are essentially negative.
In this section, the statistical results will be described in search of answers to the research questions set out for this study.
To seek answers to these questions, she conducted an extended and detailed study of communication in a major public hospital.
The volume thus raises many more questions than it answers.
Students answered specific questions about their strategy use in a follow-up interview after each reading session.
The answers to these questions helped to devise motivating activities that engaged learners in acquiring the target skills.
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Collocations with answer
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The child's task was to circle the number on an answer sheet that represented the odd word.
Although a clear-cut answer is impossible, a hypothesis can be advanced.
Unpacking the logic of conservatism and exposing the presumptions on which it is based seem to be required if we are to provide a coherent answer to the question.
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