Answer and Understanding

Answer

Answer noun - Something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question.

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Understanding and answer are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Understanding" instead a noun "Answer".

Understanding noun - An arrangement about action to be taken.

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Answer and understanding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Answer" instead a noun "Understanding".

clear	clear answer	clear understanding
best	best answer	best understanding
better	better answer	better understanding
common	common answer	common understanding
Other adjectives: perfect, true, reasonable, proper, popular, logical, actual, real, quick, vague, general, different.

Bilingual Dialogue: In every film, Yan speaks only Chinese, but no one seems to have any trouble understanding him, and they answer him in English.

Source: Film / Ocean's Eleven
The Doctor, suddenly understanding, finds in her words the answer to his question: is he a good man?

Source: Recap / Doctor Who S34 E12 "Death in Heaven"
The general answer is that God is playing a long game, the understanding of which is beyond man's comprehension.

Source: Useful Notes / Christianity

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