satisfactory answer

collocation in English

meaningsofsatisfactoryandanswer

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satisfactory
adjective
uk
/ˌsæt.ɪsˈfæk.tər.i/us
/ˌsæt̬.ɪsˈfæk.tɚ.i/
good or good enough for a particular need ...
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answer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɑːn.sər/us
/ˈæn.sɚ/
a reaction to a question, letter, phone ...
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(Definition ofsatisfactoryandanswerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsatisfactory answer

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The finite difference computer program gives asatisfactoryanswerto the problem of leakage in the labyrinth seal.
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In the following a family of almost periodic operators will be considered for which this question has asatisfactoryanswer.
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Responding to this objection requires noting that the onlysatisfactoryanswerto the dangers of anarchy is political stability.
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It seems to me that neither approach, however, gives asatisfactoryanswerto why first-person subjects are not possible in imperatives.
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I am afraid that even now we do not have asatisfactoryanswerto this question.
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To my knowledge, this question has not yet had asatisfactoryanswer.
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Without asatisfactoryanswerto this question, the practice of using burn-in phases becomes questionable.
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But then two questions arise, neither of which has been given a whollysatisfactoryanswer.
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I will argue that the most promising answer to the first question implies that nosatisfactoryanswerto the second question is available.
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After they considered these questions for several days, and debated with me, they admitted and were not ashamed to say that they had not attained a correct andsatisfactoryanswer.
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There is nosatisfactoryanswer.
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Sociality alone is not asatisfactoryanswer; many mammalian species are highly social but have not evolved the ability to produce and imitate complex sounds.
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Rawls has nosatisfactoryanswerto this question.
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Asatisfactoryanswerwould require individual-level data, such that a definitive link between migration, occupation, social class, etc., and the propensity to attend worship could be given.
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I am not certain that is really asatisfactoryanswer.
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Nonetheless, allow me to risk another question, in the hope this time of receiving asatisfactoryanswer.
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We have not had asatisfactoryanswerto that question.
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It was apparently on failing to receive asatisfactoryanswerthat he determined to follow a precedent going back to 1922.
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We took advice and considered the question carefully, and we are satisfied that we can give asatisfactoryanswerto it.
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But surely that is not asatisfactoryanswer?
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