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# answerable

adjective (answerable)

«answerable» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Having to explain your actions to someone and take responsibility: «answerable to» someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/answerable/#m1)
2. Able to be answered. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/answerable/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in civics and work: a government is answerable to the people; a pupil is answerable to the teacher. Phrases: «answerable to», «answerable for».

### Examples

- The head teacher is answerable to the governors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/answerable/#x1)
- You are answerable for your own behaviour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/answerable/#x2)
- Is that question answerable? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/answerable/#x3)
- Police must be answerable to the public. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/answerable/#x4)
- The captain is answerable for the team's kit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/answerable/#x5)
- Some riddles aren't answerable at all. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/answerable/#x6)

### Note

Means responsible, not «able to talk». «Answerable to» a person, «answerable for» a thing.

## In Jewish tradition

Used in civics and work: a government is answerable to the people; a pupil is answerable to the teacher. Phrases: «answerable to», «answerable for».

### Examples

- And answerable unto the border of the priests, the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth; all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand. (Prophets EZK.48.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/answerable/#x1)

### Note

Means responsible, not «able to talk». «Answerable to» a person, «answerable for» a thing.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «answerable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/answerable/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«answerable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/answerable.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «answerable» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/answerable/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«answerable» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/answerable.html) on Mova free.