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short-answer

short-answer noun: a type of question or prompt, especially found in school quizzes and tests, which usually requires the student to write in sentences, as opposed to multiple-choice, fill in the blank, or other question types which require less writing.

Noun

short-answer (plural short-answers)

  1. (attributive) A type of question or prompt, especially found in school quizzes and tests, which usually requires the student to write in sentences, as opposed to multiple-choice, fill in the blank, or other question types which require less writing.

Forms of short-answer

pluralshort-answers

Questions about short-answer

What does short-answer mean?
Short-answer means a type of question or prompt, especially found in school quizzes and tests, which usually requires the student to write in sentences, as opposed to multiple-choice, fill in the blank, or other question types which require less writing.
What part of speech is short-answer?
Short-answer is a noun.
What is the plural of short-answer?
The plural of short-answer is short-answers.

Words near short-answer in the dictionary

  1. short wave
  2. short waves
  3. short weight
  4. short whist
  5. short-acting
  6. short-answer
  7. short-answers
  8. short-arse
  9. short-arses
  10. short-ass
  11. short-asses

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