answer

answer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Examples of answer in a sentence

• He answered the question.
• “Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company...
• Of course for publication in a newspaper, my palaeotype would not answer, but my glossotype would enable the author to give his Pennsylvania German in an English form and much more intelligibly.1871, Alexander J. Ellis, On Early English Pronunciation, London: Trübner & Co., Part III, Chapter 7, section 1, p. 656, footnote 1:
• Theobald spoke as if watches had half-a-dozen purposes besides time-keeping, but he could hardly open his mouth without using one or other of his tags, and "answering every purpose" was one of them.1903, Samuel Butler, chapter 41, in The Way of All Flesh:
• And pleaſe your Maiestie, let his Neck anſwere for it, if there is any Marſhall Law in the World.1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […]...

All 40 example sentences with answer

Synonyms of answer

• replication
• answer for

Forms of answer

Past tense of answer: answered

Plural of answer: answers

Origin of answer

From Middle English answere, andsware, from Old English andswaru (“answer”), from and- (“against”) + swaru (“affirmation”), (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“front, forehead”) and Old English swerian (“to swear”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer-), suggesting an original meaning of "a sworn statement rebutting a charge". The cognates suggest the existence of Proto-Germanic *andaswarō (“a reply to a question”). Cognate with Old Frisian ondser (“answer”), Old Saxon andswōr (“answer”), Danish and Swedish ansvar (“liability, responsibility, answer”), Icelandic andsvar (“answer, response”). Compare also Old English andwyrde (“answer”) (cognate to Dutch antwoord, German Antwort), Old English andcwiss (“reply”), German Schwur (“oath, vow”).

From Middle English answeren, andswaren, answerien, from Old English andswarian, answarien (“to answer, to respond, to deny an allegation under oath”), from Proto-Germanic *andaswarōną, *andaswarjaną (“to answer, to give a response, to rebut”), from *anda- (“against”) + *swarjaną, *swarōną (“to swear an oath, to answer, to respond”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“face, forehead”) and *swer- (“to swear”). Cognate with Old Frisian ondswera (“to answer”), Danish ansvare (“to answer, account for”), Swedish ansvara (“to answer, account for”), Icelandic andsvara (“to answer, reply”).

Words formed from answer

• answerability
• answer engine
• answer key
• answerless
• answer on a postcard
• answer phone
• answerphone
• answer print
• answer set programming
• answer sheet
• answer song
• answer to someone's prayers
• answer up
• autoanswer
• back answer
• counteranswer
• male answer syndrome
• multianswer
• non-answer
• nonanswer
• short-answer
• take no for an answer
• the answer to a maiden's prayer
• answerable
• answer at
• answer back
• answerer
• answer for
• answering machine
• answering service
• answer someone's prayers
• answer the call
• answer the call of nature
• answer the helm
• answer to
• foreanswer
• misanswer
• reanswer
• unanswered

Related words

• ask
• question

Phrases with answer

• answer keys
• answer songs
• answer phones
• answer prints
• answer sheets
• answer engines
• took no for an answer
• taken no for an answer
• takes no for an answer
• taking no for an answer
• answer engine optimization
• ask a silly question, get a silly answer

Words that rhyme with answer

• dancer
• Spanish dancer
• chancer

Questions about answer

What does answer mean?

Answer means a response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.

What is answer in Hindi?

Answer in Hindi is जवाब (javāb), उत्तर (uttar), जवाब देना (javāb denā). See Answer meaning in Hindi.

How do you use answer in a sentence?

He answered the question.

What part of speech is answer?

Answer can be a noun or a verb.

How do you pronounce answer?

Answer is pronounced /ˈɑːn.sə/ (UK).

What is the plural of answer?

The plural of answer is answers.