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Answer and Answering
Answer and Answering
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Answer : noun : reply or letter or conversation coming after someone has written or spoken
• I am writing in answer to your letter of October 6th.
• My letter got no answer or there was no answer to my letter.
• I tried to phone his office but there was no answer.
Answer : verb : to speak or write after someone has spoken or written to you
• To answer a letter = to write a letter in reply to a letter which you have received
• To answer the telephone = to lift the telephone when it rings and listen to what the caller is saying
Answering : noun : answering machine = machine which answers the telephone automatically when someone is not in the office
Answering Service = office which answers the telephone and takes messages for someone or for a company