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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

short-answer

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.94 in modern English

Syllables
short--an-swer
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of question or prompt, especially found in school quizzes and tests, which usually requires the student to write in sentences, as opposed to multiple-choice, fill in the blank, or other question types which require less writing.

Inflected Forms

short-answers (plural)

Questions

What does short-answer mean?
A type of question or prompt, especially found in school quizzes and tests, which usually requires the student to write in sentences, as opposed to multiple-choice, fill in the blank, or other question types which require less writing.

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