answer
noun
a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc..
am answering
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present progressiveof answer (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"I'm going to answer what I think the question you are asking is but I apologize if I am answering the wrong question," Bankman-Fried said at one point.
From Reuters ● Oct. 27, 2023
Wigon: I am answering your question with another question, but isn’t it fascinating how that’s kind of what life feels like sometimes?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2023
“It’s a good day because we are announcing this and I am answering these questions, but I don’t want to have to think about it during the weekend, not really heading into next week.”
From Washington Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
“All of you may have views on how I’m answering it, but I am answering the question to the way that he saw it. And the way that we see it.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2022
He has written an article on me, and I am answering it.
From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) by Florence A. Thomas Marshall
