answer
Betekenis
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- A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
- A solution to a problem.
- Someone or something that fills a similar role or position.
- A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
Frekwensie
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an‧swer
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈɑːn.sə/
Etimologie
From Middle English answere, andsware, from Old English andswaru (“answer”), from and- (“against”) + -swaru (“affirmation”), (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“front, forehead”) and Old English swerian (“to swear”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer-), suggesting an original meaning of "a sworn statement rebutting a charge". The cognates suggest the existence of Proto-Germanic *andaswarō (“a reply to a question”). Cognate with Old Frisian ondser (“answer”), Old Saxon andswōr (“answer”), Danish and Swedish ansvar (“liability, responsibility, answer”), Icelandic andsvar (“answer, response”). Compare also Old English andwyrde (“answer”) (cognate to Dutch antwoord, German Antwort), Old English andcwiss (“reply”), German Schwur (“oath, vow”).
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