answer
noun
a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc..
have answered
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present perfectof answer.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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If they had confronted the question, he has little doubt they would have answered no.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Scott, you may have answered your own question.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
Daniel Ashikian, 21, and Casey Pope, 18, have answered the call.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
It is one they have answered successfully so often in the past but all Arsenal could do was put it in front of them and, in this context, it was mission accomplished.
From BBC ● May 12, 2024
If anybody had asked Amy what the greatest trial of her life was, she would have answered at once, “My nose.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
