Answer
Answer verb - To speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction.
How words are described
| stupid | stupid answer | stupid probe |
| actual | actual answer | actual probe |
| real | real answer | real probe |
| quick | quick answer | quick probe |
| Other adjectives: unique, last, soviet. | ||
Common collocations
| way | answer way | probe way |
Both words in one sentence
- In the Babylon 5 episode "A Day in the Strife", an alien probe arrives at the station and offers unimaginable technical gifts to anybody who can answer a series of scientific questions.
Source: Doom As Test Prize -
Trial-and-Error Gameplay: A lot of the dialog involves either accidentally or deliberately giving the wrong answer, then rewinding to give the right one or use what you learned to probe further.
Source: Video Game / Life Is Strange -
One episode deals with a probe that gives the people on the station a short amount of time to answer various complex mathematical and scientific questions before it blows up, as its creators believe only races that can answer them deserve to live.
Source: First Contact
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