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# answerable

«answerable» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Having to explain your actions to someone and take…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (answerable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Having to explain your actions to someone and take responsibility: «answerable to» someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/answerable/#m1)

2) Able to be answered. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/answerable/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in civics and work: a government is answerable to the people; a pupil is answerable to the teacher. Phrases: «answerable to», «answerable for».

### examples

- And answerable unto the border of the priests, the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth; all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand. (Prophets EZK.48.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/answerable/#x1)
- The head teacher is answerable to the governors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/answerable/#x2)
- You are answerable for your own behaviour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/answerable/#x3)
- Is that question answerable? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/answerable/#x4)
- Police must be answerable to the public. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/answerable/#x5)
- The captain is answerable for the team's kit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/answerable/#x6)
- Some riddles aren't answerable at all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/answerable/#x7)

### note

Means responsible, not «able to talk». «Answerable to» a person, «answerable for» a thing.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «answerable» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/answerable/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.