answerable

/ˈɑːns(ə)rəb(ə)l/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈɑːns(ə)rəb(ə)l/

answerable

Syllables: 4 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Open ah vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

an - swe - rab - le -> answerable

Myanmar meaning

(adj) တာဝန်ရှိ [သော]။ ပြန်ဖြေနိုင်သော။

Full entry

answer /'ɑ:nsǝ(r); US 'æn-/ n ~ (to sb/sth)

၁။ (က) ပြန်ကြား ချက်။ တုံ့ပြန်မှု။ ထူးသံ။ တုံ့ပြန်ချက်။ The answer he gave was quite surprising. ❍ Have you had an answer to your letter? ❍ The doctor came in answer to my phone call. ❍ I rang the bell but there was no answer. ❍ She had no answer to the accusations.
(ခ) အဖြေ။ Write your answers on the sheet provided. ❍ What’s the right answer to question 12? ❍ The answers are at the back of the book.
၂။ နည်းလမ်း။ အဖြေ။ This could be the answer to all our difficulties. ❍ The only answer was to look for a job elsewhere.
၃။ စင်ပြိုင်။ The Monkees were supposed to be America's answer to the Beatles.
v
၁။ (က) ဖြေသည်။ ပြန်ကြားသည်။ ထူးသည်။ တုံ့ပြန်သည်။ Think carefully before you answer. ❍ answer a question/a letter/an advertisement ❍ She didn’t answer me. ❍ answer the door ❍ answer the telephone ❍ Nobody answered my call for help. ❍ How do you answer the charge? ❍ She answered that she preferred to eat alone. ❍ Can you answer me this? ❍ ‘Yes’, she answered softly.
(ခ) (လိုတ) ရသည်။ (ဆုတောင်း)ပြည့်သည်။ My prayers have been answered (ie I have got what I wanted).
၂။ (လိုအပ်ချက်နှင့်) ကိုက်ညီသည်။ answer sb's purpose/needs/requirements.
❏ answerable /'ɑ:nsǝrǝbl; US 'æn-/ adj
၁။ ~ to sb (for sth) တာဝန်ရှိ [သော]။ I am answerable to the company for the use of this equipment.
၂။ ပြန်ဖြေနိုင်သော။
❏ answer back [PHRV] ပြန်လည်ချေပသည်။ following criticisms of his latest film, the director answered back in a scathing article about critics.
❏ answer (sb) back [PHRV] ပြန်ပက်သည်။ နှုတ်လှံ ထိုးသည်။ ခံပြောသည်။ Don't answer back! ❍ He’s a rude little boy, always answering his mother back.
❏ answer (to) the description (of sb/sth) [IDM ] ကိုက်ညီသည်။ A man answering (to) this description has been seen in the Brighton area.
❏ answer for sb/sth [PHRV]
၁။ တာဝန်ယူသည်။ ခေါင်း ခံရသည်။ You will have to answer for your crimes one day. ❍ He has a lot to answer for (ie He is responsible for many bad things). ❍ I'll answer for the consequences of this decision.
၂။ ကိုယ်စားပြောဆိုသည်။ I agree, but I can't answer for my colleagues.
၃။ တစ်ဦး တစ်ယောက်အတွက် တာဝန်ခံသည်။ Knowing her well I can certainly answer for her honesty.
❏ answer to sb (for sth) [PHRV] တစ်ဦးတစ်ယောက်ကို တာဝန်ခံသည်။ Who do you answer to in your new job? ❍ You will answer to me for any damage to the car.
❏ answer to the name of sth [IDM ] (infml or joc ) (အထူးသဖြင့် အိမ်မွေးတိရစ္ဆာန်ကို) …ဟု အမည် ပေးထားသည်။ My dog answers to the name of Spot.
❏ have/know all the answers [IDM ] (infml often derog ) သူမသိတာမရှိ။ He thinks he knows all the answers.

More examples

It was a tough question, but Ginny had her answer ready.
[answer to] : The answer to your question is yes.
[give someone an answer] : I’ll give you a definite answer tomorrow.
[in answer to] : In answer to your question, no he is not married.
I wrote to her in May but I never got an answer.
I tried calling her again, but there was still no answer.
[get no answer] : Ring the doorbell and if you get no answer, knock on the window.
Write your answers in the space provided.
I’m sorry, but ‘Paris’ is the wrong answer.
[get the answer right/wrong] : You got all the answers right.
All answers are printed in the back of the book.
[answer to] : Do you know the answer to question 10?
If you can’t afford a decorator, the obvious answer is to do it yourself.
[answer to] : There are no easy answers to this crisis.

Synonyms

reply, respond, react, come back with, rejoin, counter, retort, Band-Aid, acknowledge, acknowledgment, answer back, antiphon, argue, back at you, back talk, backcap, be in touch, claim, clarify, close, comeback, comment, conform, contest, cooler, correlate, correspond, counterclaim, crack, deal with, defend, defense, deny, disclosure, disprove, dispute, do, dope, dope out, echo, elucidate, elucidation, explain, explanation, feedback, field the question, fill, fit, fulfill, get back at, get back to, give a snappy comeback, guff, interpretation, justification, key, lay to rest, lick, lip, measure up, meet, observation, parry, parting shot, pass, pay dirt, plea, plead, qualify, quick fix, reaction, rebut, rebuttal, refutation, refute, rejoinder, remark, remedy, repartee, reply; reaction, report, resolution, resolve, response, result, retaliate, return, rhetorical question, riposte, sass, satisfy, say, serve, settle, shoot back, sign, solution, solve, solve; fulfill, squelch, statement, suffice, suit, talk back, thank-you note, the ticket, top, topper, unzip, vindication, way out, wisecrack, work, work through

Antonyms

agree, allow, ask, deny, differ, disagree, dissatisfy, fail, ignore, inquiry, leave, lose, miss, problem, prove, question, quiet, receive, refuse, renounce, request, silence, take, trouble, use, wonder