Answer
Number
Number noun - A character used to represent a mathematical value.
How words are described
| exact | exact answer | exact number |
| right | right answer | right number |
| original | original answer | original number |
| correct | correct answer | correct number |
| Other adjectives: single, actual, real, big, wrong, final, next, last, different. | ||
Common collocations
| call | answer call | number call |
Both words in one sentence
- Then, they got three minutes to answer 20 questions by responding with both the answer and number from the board.
Source: Series / Winning Lines - Instead of cash being awarded on a scale for each correct answer, every answer scored only one point, regardless of the number of clues necessary, with five winning the game.
Source: Series / You Don't Say! -
Sure you can't help but laugh or facepalm when someone says a stupid answer to a question with an obvious number one answer.
Source: Surprise Difficulty
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