answering
English
Etymology
From Middle English answeryng; equivalent to answer + -ing.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈɑːn.sə.ɹɪŋ/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈæn.sə.ɹɪŋ/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ae-tensing" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [ˈeən.sə.ɹɪŋ]
- Hyphenation: an‧swer‧ing
Audio (US): (file)
Verb
answering
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
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Middle English
Noun
answering
- Alternative form of answeryng
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