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an·swer for

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. account, answer forverb

    furnish a justifying analysis or explanation

    "I can't account for the missing money"

Wiktionary

  1. answer forverb

    To be held responsible for.

  2. answer forverb

    To guarantee

ChatGPT

  1. answer for

    An "answer for" generally refers to giving an explanation or justification for a particular action, behavior, situation or question. It can also imply taking responsibility or accountability for something.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of answer for in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of answer for in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of answer for in a Sentence

  1. Rasmus Kleis Nielsen:

    I think it's important to recognize that Facebook has a lot to answer for and it's important we look critically at what they do and what they enable, but it's also really, really important we recognize that British politicians have done nothing to change the rules of the game despite all the shortcomings we have documented on how those rules have worked in recent elections.

  2. Carlos Conde:

    Dela Rosa should be reminded that he, too, will answer for his complicity in the slaughter of thousands.

  3. John Andrew:

    Lou was a true victim’s advocate, it wasn’t his job to protect John and Patsy Ramsey. His objective was to find the killer. This was a six-year-old girl who was killed on Christmas Day. We should answer for that.

  4. Cindy Otis:

    It's a very compelling narrative to say all of this is orchestrated, there's a cabal coming after you. They're trying to make your life miserable. You want an answer for why bad things are happening ? Here they are.

  5. Victor Oladipo:

    I’m going to give that same answer for a while.


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