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• answering — index contrary, responsive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• Answering — Answer An swer ([a^]n s[ e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Answered} ([a^]n s[ e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Answering}.] [OE. andswerien, AS. andswerian, andswarian, to answer, fr. andswaru, n., answer. See {Answer}, n.] 1. To speak in defense against; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• answering — adjective replying (Freq. 1) an answering glance an answering smile • Syn: ↑respondent • Similar to: ↑responsive • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Answering machine (disambiguation) — Answering machine may refer to: *Answering machine, a device for automatically answering telephone calls and recording messages left by callers when the party called is unable to answer the phone *The Answer Machine?, eighth full length album by… …   Wikipedia

• answering machine — ➔ machine1 * * * answering machine UK US noun [C] (UK also answerphone) ► COMMUNICATIONS a piece of equipment connected to a phone which answers the phone automatically and records messages: on sb s answering machine »She wasn t in so I left a… …   Financial and business terms

• answering service — UK US noun [C, usually singular] ► COMMUNICATIONS a company whose business is to receive and answer telephone calls for its customers: »I called and got through to his answering service …   Financial and business terms

• answering machine — answering machines N COUNT An answering machine is a device which you connect to your telephone and which records telephone calls while you are out. Syn: answerphone …   English dictionary

• answering machine — answering ma.chine also an|swer|phone BrE [ˈa:nsəfəun US ˈænsərfoun] n a machine that records your telephone calls when you cannot answer them …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• answering machine — ► NOUN ▪ a device which supplies a recorded answer to a telephone call and can record a message from the caller …   English terms dictionary

• answering machine — [an′sər fōn΄] n. an electronic device using recording tape or a semiconductor chip to take or give telephone messages automatically: also Brit. answerphone [an′sər fōn΄] …   English World dictionary

• answering service — n. a business whose function is to answer telephone calls for its clients and transmit messages to them …   English World dictionary