answering

English

Etymology

answer +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːn.sə.ɹɪŋ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.sə.ɹɪŋ/
(æ-tensing, non-rhotic) IPA^(key): [ˈeən.sə.ɹɪŋ]
Hyphenation: an‧swer‧ing
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Verb

answering

present participle of answer

Noun

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

the act of giving an answer

Portuguese: respondimento m

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