answer
noun
a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc..
answered
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past participleof answer.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof answer.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
answernouna spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc..
Example Sentences
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That will be one of the questions that will be answered when the Super Bowl-favorite Rams open the season against the San Francisco 49ers at Melbourne Cricket Ground before a crowd of nearly 100,000 fans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
"Depending on how you answered it it got easier or harder so it varied depending on how well you did."
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
You are most like those and least like those when comparing how you answered with our survey respondents on America’s Place in the World.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
The report does not disclose how Moraes answered.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
If Papa hadn’t been with me I would have answered him by saying, “I am the booger man. I’m coming to get you.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
