direct answer
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdirectandanswer
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direct
adjective
uk/daɪˈrekt/us/daɪˈrekt/
going in a straight line towards somewhere or someone without stopping or ...
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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 ofdirectandanswerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The sources discussing granting the physician permission to heal contain adirectanswerto the moral problem.
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There is nodirectanswerfor either one of these two questions in most, if not all, cases.
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He disappeared giving nodirectanswer, but visited me repeatedly.
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Merton himself had not yet given adirectanswerto this question.
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Indirectanswerto the question that he asked about a lottery, the assembly cannot establish a lottery.
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That is thedirectanswerto a specific question.
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Why could he not give adirectanswerand not merely an answer by implication?
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Is not the question a direct question, and cannot adirectanswerbe given to it?
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Why does he not give adirectanswer?
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I will give adirectanswerand then comment on it.
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Thedirectansweris that amendments came to light because of continual consultation.
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I want adirectanswerwhether that fact is told to the recipients.
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Fourthly—concerning the employment point—because of productivity gains the expansion of manufacturing is not going to be thedirectanswerto the problem of unemployment.
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A partialdirectansweris that the parliament would not be able to change those titles by standing orders.
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I seek adirectanswerto my question, not a pre-prepared one.
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What is his argument, and will he give us adirectanswertonight?
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I think it is always rather difficult to give adirectanswerto a question of that kind.
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I thought that his remarks required adirectanswer.
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Thedirectanswerto the questions is that in government we would review the situation.
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Thedirectansweris that those are percentages of total state assistance.
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