answerable

Everyday

1. Having to explain your actions to someone and take responsibility: «answerable to» someone. tree →
2. Able to be answered. tree →

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 →
• You are answerable for your own behaviour. tree →
• Is that question answerable? tree →
• Police must be answerable to the public. tree →
• The captain is answerable for the team's kit. tree →
• Some riddles aren't answerable at all. tree →

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 →

Note

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