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besvare

verbverb

to answer · to return · to reciprocate

PronunciationUttale

besvaˊre

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. løse, svare på to solve, to answer
    • besvare en oppgave to answer an exam question
    • besvare et spørsmål to answer a question
    • ingen har besvart avisens henvendelser no one has responded to the newspaper's enquiries
    • besvare telefonen to answer the phone
  2. gjengjeldeto return, to reciprocate, to repay, to retaliate for to return, to reciprocategjengjelde
    • hun besvarte ikke følelsene hans she did not return his feelings
    • besvare fiendens ild to return the enemy's fire