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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : an-ser, ahn-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæn sər, ˈɑn-



Definition of answer

Origin :
  • Old English andswaru "an answer, a reply," from and- "against" (see ante) + -swaru "affirmation," from swerian "to swear" (see swear), suggesting an original sense of "make a sworn statement rebutting a charge." A common Germanic compound (cf. Old Saxon antswor, Old Norse andsvar, Old Frisian ondser, Danish and Swedish ansvar), implying a Proto-Germanic *andswara-. Meaning "a reply to a question," the main modern sense, was present in Old English. Meaning "solution of a problem" is from c.1300.
  • noun reply; reaction
  • verb reply, react
  • verb solve; fulfill
Example sentences :
  • Ask the poor fisherman at the gates, who has been to him as a brother; and he will answer 'Anaxagoras.'
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Aspasia was next called to answer the charges brought against her.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • No answer coming, he peered through the window, but saw no one.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • He did apply, and at the end of a month, no answer had been returned to his communication.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • I received no answer, and then I turned to the congregation.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • There was no answer to his knock, and by trying the knob he found that she had locked herself in.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • I dread to go down, said she, with so determined an answer: they will have no patience with me.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • He had determined before to answer them and cut up Gladstone!
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • I will now give you a copy of my letter to my sister; with her answer.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • The following is a copy of what I wrote, and what follows that, of the answer sent me.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

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