You are quite justified in answering him back.
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Answering
/ˈɑːn.sə.ɹɪŋ/
Synonyms for "answering" (54 found)
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Noun(2 words)
fieldingfielding team
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Noun(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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10 entriesactionbehaviorcommunicationcommunication attributecomputationlinguistic featureproblem solvingprocessresponsesystem operation
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17 entriesadequate actionanswering machineanswering protocolanswering serviceanswering systemautomatic answerbrief answercompute resultderive solutiondetailed answerdirect answerprewritten answerprofessional conductproper responseprovide explanationverbal reply
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Collocations
14 entriesact of answeringanswering behavioranswering machineanswering mechanismanswering processanswering protocolanswering questionsanswering serviceanswering systemanswering the callanswering the questionanswering the surveyprompt answeringtimely answering
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5 entriesDerivations
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1 entriesSample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I must think it over before answering you.
Source: tatoeba (54328)
You should buy an answering machine.
Source: tatoeba (68857)
Please forgive me for not answering your letter.
Source: tatoeba (70404)
Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.