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answerable
- /ˈɑːnsəɹəb(ə)l/ UK
- /ˈɑːnsɹəb(ə)l/ UK
- /ˈæn.səɹ.ə.bl/ US
adjective more answerable · most answerable · aunswerable
- Required to justify one's actions (to somebody); accountable, responsible. 1731, Jonathan Swift, “The Sentiments of a Church-of-England Man, with respect to Religion and Government” in Miscellanies, London: Benjamin Motte and Charles Bathurst, Volume I, Section 2, p. 91, Should any Man argue, that […] he cannot be justly punished, but is answerable only to God […]
- Able to be answered. Is my question answerable on basis of the reading alone or does it go outside the information given in the story?
- Correspondent, in accordance; comparable (to). What wit and policie of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course?
- Proportionate; commensurate in amount; suitable. […] at my farm / I have a hundred milch-kine to the pail, / Six score fat oxen standing in my stalls, / And all things answerable to this portion.
- Of an argument: capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer. [T]he argument, though ſubtle, is yet anſwerable.
Opposite: unanswerable
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Opposite: unanswerable
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adj correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable
| Română | corespunzător |
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adj obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good
| Español | responsable |
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| हिन्दी | उत्तरदायी uttardāyī |
| Português | responsável |
| Deutsch | verantwortlich |
| Română | responsabil |
adj capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer
| Español | responsable |
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| Português | respondível |
| Română | responsabil |
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