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answer back en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To reply impertinently to (someone); to talk back.
    • This further enraged the mother-in-law who reprimanded the girl for answering back to elders. 1990, K. D. Gangrade, Rameshwar Prasad Misra, Conflict Resolution Through Non-violence: Development without destruction, Concept Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 244:
    • She answered him back rudely.
    • I'll thank you not to answer back like that! Where are your manners?
  2. To reply to a question from (someone) at a later time.
    • Please answer me back before the end of the week.
  3. To match an opponent’s recent scoring effort.
  4. To issue echo characters, protocol responses, reflexive connection requests, etc.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
answered back Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
answered back Tense=Past lexicographic
answers back Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
answering back Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

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Translations (11)

tr (yanıt) geri dönmek (to reply impertinently; to talk back) · tr karşılık vermek (to reply impertinently; to talk back) · it ribattere (to reply impertinently; to talk back) · cs odmlouvat (to reply impertinently; to talk back) · cmn 頂嘴 /顶嘴 (to reply impertinently; to talk back) · yue 駁嘴 /驳嘴 (to reply impertinently; to talk back) · mi whakatoitoi (to reply impertinently; to talk back) · fr répondre (to reply impertinently; to talk back) · ceb tubagtubag (to reply impertinently; to talk back) · mi whakatoi (to reply impertinently; to talk back) · pt responder (to reply impertinently; to talk back)