Answer and Pass

Answer

Answer verb - To speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction.

Pass and answer are semantically related in solve topic. In some cases you can use "Pass" instead a verb "Answer".

Pass

Pass verb - To shift possession of (something) from one person to another.

Answer and pass are semantically related in succeed topic. Sometimes you can use "Answer" instead a verb "Pass".

Nearby Words: passage, passed, passing, passable

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

long long answer long pass
short short answer short pass
right right answer right pass
direct direct answer direct pass
Other adjectives: correct, single, simple, actual, real, quick, final, next, last, different.

Common collocations

part answer part pass part
word answer word pass word
note answer note pass note
number answer number pass number
Other words: series, time, question, way, challenge, points, messages, laws, challenges.

Both words in one sentence

  • Merlin argues with the Sphinx, eventually getting the concession that the Sphinx will let him pass if he can come up with a riddle the Sphinx can't answer.
  • The Bridgekeeper of the Bridge of Death will only allow those who answer "his questions three" to pass.
  • Riddle Me This So Weird had a variation that substituted trivia questions for riddles and instead of answering correctly to pass, the characters had to answer correctly to survive.
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