Answer
Answer verb - To speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction.
Press
Press verb - To take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right.
How words are described
| better | better answer | better press |
| single | single answer | single press |
| simple | simple answer | simple press |
| popular | popular answer | popular press |
| Other adjectives: actual, real, wrong, bad, quick, general, final, unexpected, soviet. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Before Judy takes the podium at a press conference, Nick coaches her not to answer the reporters' questions directly, but rather to respond with another question and answer that instead.
Source: Disney / Zootopia - If you don't know the answer to what we're asking you press 2.
Source: For Inconvenience, Press "1" -
However, you can press the joystick buttons to answer the AI, the Left one saying yes and switching you to that subweapon quicker.
Source: Annoying Video Game Helper
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