answering
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English answerynge; equivalent to answer + -ing.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑːn.sə.ɹɪŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæn.sɚ.ɪŋ/, [ˈɛən.sɚ.ɪŋ]
- Hyphenation: an‧swer‧ing
Verb
[edit]answering
- present participle and gerund of answer
Noun
[edit]answering (plural answerings)
- The act of giving an answer.
- 1923, John Cann Bailey, The Continuity of Letters, page 107:
- An answer that comes out of the whirlwind is, logically, no answer at all: it belongs to a world above that of logical answerings.
Translations
[edit]the act of giving an answer
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[edit]Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]answering
- Alternative form of answerynge
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