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answerings

answerings is the plural of answering.

Meaning of answering

Noun

answering (plural answerings)

  1. The act of giving an answer.
    • An answer that comes out of the whirlwind is, logically, no answer at all: it belongs to a world above that of logical answerings.1923, John Cann Bailey, The Continuity of Letters, page 107

Questions about answerings

What is answerings the plural of?
Answerings is the plural of answering.

Words near answerings in the dictionary

  1. answering the call of nature
  2. answering the helm
  3. answering to
  4. answering up
  5. answeringly
  6. answerings
  7. answerless
  8. answerlessly
  9. answerlessness
  10. answerphone
  11. answerphones

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