ANSWERABLE
\ˈansəɹəbə͡l], \ˈansəɹəbəl], \ˈa_n_s_ə_ɹ_ə_b_əl]\
Definitions of ANSWERABLE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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morally or legally responsible to a higher authority; "parents are answerable for their child's acts"
By Princeton University
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Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal; to be answerable for a debt, or for damages.
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Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.
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Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable.
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Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it.
By Oddity Software
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Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal; to be answerable for a debt, or for damages.
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Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.
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Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable.
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Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it.
By Noah Webster.
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Admitting of a satisfactory reply; liable to give an account; responsible.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Able to be answered: accountable: suitable: equivalent.
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ANSWERABLY.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Responsible; amaneble; corresponding; adequate; suitable.
By James Champlin Fernald