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# answer

«answer» in Mova's school dictionary: **what you say or write back to a question** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (answer, answers); verb (answer, answers, answered, answering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An answer is what you say or write back to a question. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/answer/#m1)

2) An answer is the result of a sum or problem: the answer is 12. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/answer/#m2)

3) To answer is to reply, or to pick up the phone or open the door when someone calls or knocks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/answer/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

the result of a problem, given by the student or the teacher; in class «write your answer», «check your answer», «the right answer»; in everyday life «answer the phone», «answer the door», «no answer»; in stories a question waiting for an answer

### examples

- Not quite. Look at the word «more»: it tells us to add. The answer is 3 + 1 = 4. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/answer/#x1)
- Write the answer in the box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/answer/#x2)
- Check your answer by adding back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/answer/#x3)
- Put up your hand if you know the answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/answer/#x4)
- Can you answer the phone, please? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/answer/#x5)
- I knocked, but nobody answered. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/answer/#x6)
- The answer to 6 × 7 is 42. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/answer/#x7)
- She answered all ten questions in the quiz. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/answer/#x8)
- "Yes, I was," answered the genius. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/answer/#x9)

### note

«The answer is» introduces the result; no clue for choosing the operation. Trap: the answer must name the thing asked for, not just a number («5 apples», not «5»). The «w» is silent: say «AN-ser». «answer a question» needs no «to».

### In the corpora

- [You are not being punished when the answer is "not this month".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/9-when-money-is-tight/7/)
- [When two stories contradict each other and there is no proof, the honest answer is «we don't know».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/25/)
- [Never touching the remote again is not the answer; knowing what to do next time is.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident/19/)
- [They answer questions simply, or say "that's a good question, let me think how to explain it".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react/3/)
- [Three clues, one happy answer: a surprise is being planned, and it is kinder not to go looking for it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/61-olympiad-what-is-really-going-on/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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