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answer
noun[ C ]
us/ˈæn·sər/

answernoun[C] (REACTION)

something said or written in reaction to a question or statement:
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.
An answer is also a reaction to a question asked as part of a test:
I think I got most of the answers right on the exam.

answernoun[C] (SOLUTION)

a solution to a problem:
There is no easy answer to the problem.

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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answer sheet
The child's task was to circle the number on an answersheet that represented the odd word.
clear-cut answer
Although a clear-cut answer is impossible, a hypothesis can be advanced.
coherent answer
Unpacking the logic of conservatism and exposing the presumptions on which it is based seem to be required if we are to provide a coherentanswer to the question.
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