answering

Thân thiện

She gave an answering smile when he greeted her.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Replying; giving a response: "answering" describes something that serves as or constitutes a reply, reaction, or return communication.
   • Responsive: It can describe a look, gesture, or action that is done in return or in acknowledgment of another.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • She gave him an answering smile. (Her smile was a response to his.)
  • He shot her an answering glance, acknowledging her unspoken question.
  • The answering roar from the crowd showed their approval.

Advanced Usage

• "in answering fashion": in a manner that replies or corresponds.
  • The lighthouse flashed its beam in answering fashion to the ship's signal.

Variants and Related Words

• Answer (verb/noun): To reply or respond; a reply or response.
  • Please answer the question.
  • I received an answer to my email.
• Answerable (adjective): Responsible or accountable.
  • Managers are answerable for their team's performance.
• Unanswered (adjective): Not replied to.
  • Many of life's great questions remain unanswered.

Synonyms

• Responding: Reacting to something.
• Returning: Coming or giving back.
• Reciprocal: Given or felt in return.

Related Phrases

• Answering machine (noun phrase): An electronic device that records telephone messages.
  • I left a message on her answering machine.
• Answering service (noun phrase): A business that answers telephone calls for its clients.
  • The doctor's office uses an answering service after hours.

Idioms

• An answering chord/chime: Something that evokes a sympathetic or similar response.
  • His words about freedom struck an answering chord in the hearts of the listeners.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. replying
   • an answering glance
   • an answering smile

Từ đồng nghĩa

• respondent