answering

verb

present participle of answer
1
as in responding
to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction didn't answer right away when the detective asked him where he'd been for the last three hours

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2
as in corresponding
to be in agreement on every point sorry, I haven't seen anyone answering to that description

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3
as in fulfilling
to do what is required by the terms of I don't have a box cutter as such, but will this knife answer the purpose?

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4
as in solving
to find an answer for through reasoning try to answer this riddle

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Recent Examples of answering Kansas’ junior Republican senator spent roughly 30 minutes answering questions from a Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce moderator. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026 The harder question is one the West has been quietly answering the same way for three hundred years, and the answer sits at the heart of the Enlightenment. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 This zone defense has been honed through years of sitting with journalists like me, answering questions like this. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026 Hinojosa elaborated on her position on state takeovers while answering another question at Thursday’s event. — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Oct. 2026 Keeping those categories separate can prevent a receptor profile from answering questions it was never intended to answer. — Emma Clapp, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026 While there have been plenty of videos showing Tesla drivers answering emails, vibecoding, or even gaming from the driver’s seat, a new genre of Tesla content is emerging in which Tesla bros dine out on huge feasts from behind the wheel. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 14 Oct. 2026 Pollsters once universally considered live calling the Gold Standard of polls, but there’s no longer unanimity with far fewer people answering unknown callers. — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026 The latest breed of artificial intelligence assistants goes beyond the abilities of chatbots, which are great at answering questions and creating content. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for answering
  1. responding
  2. corresponding
  3. fulfilling
  4. solving
  5. replying
  6. coinciding
  7. keeping
  8. unraveling
Verb
  • Officers responding to a report of a stabbing found Dodge, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
    — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Friday’s exhibition contest featured a 22-0 KU run in the first half, the Jayhawks responding to Pitt State grabbing an early 22-21 lead.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of responding
Verb
  • When the food is ready, the order number appears on a screen above the kiosks as well as on individual screens at each corresponding stall.
    — Senior Food Editor, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Abhishek Menon, the study’s corresponding author and a graduate student, said solving the engineering challenges associated with heavier ions could also simplify trapping lighter species.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of corresponding
Verb
  • They’re being asked to consider the most basic questions about meaning, and justice, and leading a fulfilling life.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Our public schools will always play an important role in preparing Maryland’s children for productive and fulfilling lives.
    — Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of fulfilling
Verb
  • Besides transporting me back to ancient China, solving this problem took me back to my own roots as a mathematician.
    — Dana Mackenzie, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The experiment shows that small models are becoming increasingly capable at solving those problems autonomously.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of solving
Verb
  • The Federal Trade Commission warns that even replying to an unexpected text can confirm that a scammer has reached a working telephone number.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • According to SeniorMatch’s photo-verification guide, members must complete photo verification before interacting with other users, including sending or replying to messages.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of replying
Verb
  • Its new edition, which hits shelves on October 23, coinciding with Art Basel Paris, artist Cindy Sherman graces the cover in full Chanel tweed.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • With the festival’s first weekend coinciding with the Brazilian presidential elections, almost every conversation overheard at RioMarket during the event’s early days was intertwined with politics.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of coinciding
Verb
  • Fire officials were most concerned with keeping the blaze north of Encinal Canyon Road, one of the few natural firebreaks in the immediate area.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
  • These functions extend the partnership beyond keeping a drone connected to its operator.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of keeping
Verb
  • The violence has left many in France with a sense that their nation was unraveling with a deeply unpopular president struggling to manage a growing debt crisis amid extreme social and political divisions.
    — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Passmore plays David, a divorced, broke, and unraveling father who sets out for California with his oldest son, William (Nagy), on a two-thousand-mile drive.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of unraveling

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