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short-answers

short-answers is the plural of short-answer.

Meaning of short-answer

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.

Questions about short-answers

What is short-answers the plural of?
Short-answers is the plural of short-answer.

Words near short-answers in the dictionary

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

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