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answer
Noun
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An answer is something that someone says after another person asks (says) a question.
The answer to your question is "no".
Question: "How old are you?"
Answer: "I'm 12 years old."
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An answer is the solution to something.
I found the answer to the mathematics exercise immediately.
answer
Verb
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To respond.
He answers all my questions.
holding
Noun
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Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds.
He sold his holding in a troubled airline, Alitalia.
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A determination of law made by a court.
It was the holding of the Supreme Court that illegally obtained evidence could not be used at trial.
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A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.