Answer and Forget

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Answer

Answer verb - To do what is required by the terms of.
Usage example: I don't have a box cutter as such, but will this knife answer the purpose?
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Forget is an antonym for answer.
Nearby Words: answered, answering, answerable, answerer, answerback

Forget

Forget verb - To be unable to recall or think of.
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Antonyms for Forget
Answer is an antonym for forget.
Nearby Words: forgetful, forgetting, forgetfully
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Common collocations

part answer part forget part
name answer name forget name
number answer number forget number
series answer series forget series
Other words: death, time, way, ending, problems.

Both words in one sentence

  • This is either because people are too polite to not answer the question, or because some people forget the year frequently.
    Source: What Year Is This?
  • Meaningful Echo Their last words to each other echoing a phrase spoken between them twenty years ago, with the Doctor asking her not to forget him: and this time Sarah Jane has an answer.
    Source: Meaningful Echo
  • Harassing Phone Call Memento. The protagonist gets several of these, despite one of his rules being 'don't answer the phone', as due to his lack of long-term memory he'll forget who he's talking to.
    Source: Harassing Phone Call
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