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• answer — I n. 1) to give, offer, provide an answer 2) a blunt, curt; civil; diplomatic; direct; equivocal; evasive, vague; glib; ready; straight; wise; witty answer 3) a negative; positive answer 4) the right; wrong answer 5) (BE) a dusty ( unsatisfactory …   Combinatory dictionary

• answer — [an′sər, än′sər] n. [ME andsware < OE andswaru < and , against + swerian, SWEAR] 1. something said or written in return to a question, argument, letter, etc. 2. any act in response or retaliation [his answer was a well aimed blow] 3. one… …   English World dictionary

• answer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I v. serve, suit, avail, do; atone (for). See sufficiency, atonement, answer. II Response Nouns 1. answer, response, reply, rescript; acknowledgment; rebuttal, riposte, rejoinder, return, retort;… …   English dictionary for students

• riddle — riddle1 /rid l/, n., v., riddled, riddling. n. 1. a question or statement so framed as to exercise one s ingenuity in answering it or discovering its meaning; conundrum. 2. a puzzling question, problem, or matter. 3. a puzzling thing or person. 4 …   Universalium

• comeback — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., informal, recovery, revival, restoration, return; retort, rejoinder. See answer. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A regaining of a former position] Syn. recovery, revival, rally, triumph; see improvement 1 ,… …   English dictionary for students

• What Liberal Media? — What Liberal Media?: The Truth About Bias and the News (2003, ISBN 046500176 9) is a book by liberal columnist Eric Alterman that challenges the widespread conservative belief in a liberal media bias. Alterman concludes that the media, as a whole …   Wikipedia

• comeback — [kum′bak΄] n. 1. a return to a previous state or position, as of success ☆ 2. a witty answer ☆ 3. ground for complaint …   English World dictionary

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

• performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …   Universalium

• repartee — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. [witty] retort, [clever] rejoinder, [snappy] comeback (sl.); sally, persiflage, banter. See answer, wit. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. retort, quip, banter, sparring; see answer 1 , joke 2 , wit 1 , 2 . See …   English dictionary for students

• echo — Synonyms and related words: CRT spot, DM display, Doppler signal, IF signal, IM display, RF echoes, accord, acknowledge, acknowledgment, act like, action and reaction, adumbration, affect, agree, agree in opinion, agree with, answer, answer back …   Moby Thesaurus