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English

{{rank|live|hard|ask|409|question|doubt|around|black}}

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈkwɛsʧən/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-question.ogg
  • Hyphenation: ques·tion


Noun

  1. A sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative.
  2. : What is your question?
  3. A subject or topic for consideration or investigation
  4. : The question of seniority will be discussed at the meeting.
  5. An unknown.
  6. : There was a question of which material to use.
  7. A doubt or challenge about the truth or accuracy of a matter.
  8. : His claim to the property has come under question.
  9. A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
  10. : I move that the question be put to a vote.


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Derived terms

Translations

  • Arabic:
  • Aromanian: {{tø|rup|ãntribari|f|xs=Aromanian}}
  • Chinese: 問題, 问题 (wèntí)
  • Czech: {{t+|cs|otázka|f}}
  • Danish:
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|vraag|f}}
  • Esperanto: {{t-|eo|demando|xs=Esperanto}}
  • Finnish: kysymys, kysymyslause
  • French: {{t+|fr|question|f}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Frage|f}}, {{t+|de|Anfrage|f}}
  • Greek: {{t+|el|ερώτηση|sc=Grek}}
  • Hebrew: שאלה (she'ela)
  • Hungarian:
  • Irish: {{t-|ga|ceist|f|xs=Irish}}
  • Italian: {{t+|it|domanda|f}}
  • Japanese: 質問 (しつもん, shitsumon)
  • Korean: 질문 (jilmun)
  • Kurdish:
  • Norwegian:
  • Polish: {{t+|pl|pytanie|n}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|questão|f}}
  • Romanian: {{t-|ro|întrebare|f}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|вопрос|m|tr=voprós|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Slovene: {{t+|sl|vprašanje|n}}
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|pregunta|f}}
  • Swedish: {{t+|sv|fråga|c}}
  • Tamil: கேள்வி (kELvi)
  • Danish:
  • Dutch: {{t-|nl|thema|n}}, {{t+|nl|kwestie|f}}
  • Esperanto: {{t-|eo|temo|xs=Esperanto}}, {{t-|eo|ekzamenado|xs=Esperanto}}
  • Finnish: teema, keskusteluaihe
  • French: {{t+|fr|question|f}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Frage|f}}
  • Greek: {{t+|el|ερώτημα|sc=Grek}}
  • Irish: {{t-|ga|ceist|f|xs=Irish}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|questão|f}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|вопрос|m|tr=voprós|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Slovene: {{t+|sl|vprašanje|n}}
  • Greek: {{t+|el|ερώτημα|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|απορία|sc=Grek}}
  • Danish:
  • Dutch:
  • Esperanto: {{t+|eo|dubo|xs=Esperanto}}
  • Finnish:
  • German: {{t+|de|Frage|f}}, {{t+|de|Zweifel|m}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|questão|f}}
  • Slovene: {{t+|sl|vprašanje|n}}
  • Danish:
  • Dutch: motie
  • Esperanto: {{t-|eo|mocio|xs=Esperanto}}
  • German: Frage , Anfrage
  • Greek: {{t+|el|ερώτημα|sc=Grek}}
  • Slovene: {{t+|sl|vprašanje|n}}

Verb

{{en-verb|questions|questioning|questioned}}

  1. To ask questions of; interrogate; enquire; ask for information.
  2. To raise doubts about; have doubts about.


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See also

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Pronunciation


Noun

question

  1. a question.
  2. a matter or issue; a problem.


Category:Communication

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Question \Ques"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. quaestio, fr. quaerere,
quaesitum, to seek for, ask, inquire. See Quest, n.]
1. The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine
by question and answer.
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2. Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as,
the story is true beyond question; he obeyed without
question.
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There arose a question between some of John's
disciples and the Jews about purifying. -- John iii.
25.
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It is to be to question, whether it be lawful for
Christian princes to make an invasive war simply for
the propagation of the faith. -- Bacon.
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3. Examination with reference to a decisive result;
investigation; specifically, a judicial or official
investigation; also, examination under torture.
--Blackstone.
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He that was in question for the robbery. Shak.
The Scottish privy council had power to put state
prisoners to the question. --Macaulay.
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4. That which is asked; inquiry; interrogatory; query.
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But this question asked
Puts me in doubt. Lives there who loves his pain ?
--Milton.
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5. Hence, a subject of investigation, examination, or debate;
theme of inquiry; matter to be inquired into; as, a
delicate or doubtful question.
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6. Talk; conversation; speech; speech. [Obs.] --Shak.
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In question, in debate; in the course of examination or
discussion; as, the matter or point in question.

Leading question. See under Leading.

Out of question, unquestionably. "Out of question, 't is
Maria's hand." --Shak.

Out of the question. See under Out.

Past question, beyond question; certainly; undoubtedly;
unquestionably.

Previous question, a question put to a parliamentary
assembly upon the motion of a member, in order to
ascertain whether it is the will of the body to vote at
once, without further debate, on the subject under
consideration.

Note: The form of the question is: "Shall the main question
be now put?" If the vote is in the affirmative, the
matter before the body must be voted upon as it then
stands, without further general debate or the
submission of new amendments. In the House of
Representatives of the United States, and generally in
America, a negative decision operates to keep the
business before the body as if the motion had not been
made; but in the English Parliament, it operates to
postpone consideration for the day, and until the
subject may be again introduced. In American practice,
the object of the motion is to hasten action, and it is
made by a friend of the measure. In English practice,
the object is to get rid of the subject for the time
being, and the motion is made with a purpose of voting
against it. --Cushing.

To beg the question. See under Beg.

To the question, to the point in dispute; to the real
matter under debate.
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Syn: Point; topic; subject.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Question \Ques"tion\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Questioned; p. pr. &
vb. n. Questioning.] [Cf. F. questionner. See Question,
n.]
1. To ask questions; to inquire.
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He that questioneth much shall learn much. --Bacon.
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2. To argue; to converse; to dispute. [Obs.]
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I pray you, think you question with the Jew. --Shak.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Question \Ques"tion\, v. t.
1. To inquire of by asking questions; to examine by
interrogatories; as, to question a witness.
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2. To doubt of; to be uncertain of; to query.
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And most we question what we most desire. --Prior.
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3. To raise a question about; to call in question; to make
objection to. "But have power and right to question thy
bold entrance on this place." --Milton.
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4. To talk to; to converse with.
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With many holiday and lady terms he questioned me.
-- Shak.
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Syn: To ask; interrogate; catechise; doubt; controvert;
dispute.

Usage: Question, Inquire, Interrogate. To inquire is merely
to ask for information, and implies no authority in
the one who asks. To interrogate is to put repeated
questions in a formal or systematic fashion to elicit
some particular fact or facts. To question has a wider
sense than to interrogate, and often implies an
attitude of distrust or opposition on the part of the
questioner.
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WordNet question
n 1: an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my
training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were
present" [syn: inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation]
[ant: answer]
2: the subject matter at issue; "the question of disease merits
serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets"
[syn: head]
3: a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; "he asked a
direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his
interrogations" [syn: interrogation, interrogative, {interrogative
sentence}]
4: uncertainty about the truth or factuality of existence of
something; "the dubiousness of his claim"; "there is no
question about the validity of the enterprise" [syn: doubt,
dubiousness, doubtfulness]
5: a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly
for discussion and vote; "he made a motion to adjourn";
"she called for the question" [syn: motion]
6: an informal reference to a marriage proposal; "he was ready
to pop the question"
v 1: challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of; "We must
question your judgment in this matter" [syn: oppugn, {call
into question}]
2: pose a series of questions to; "The suspect was questioned
by the police"; "We questioned the survivor about the
details of the explosion" [syn: interrogate]
3: pose a question [syn: query]
4: conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio
reporting [syn: interview]
5: place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder
whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered
whether it would snow tonight" [syn: wonder]
Moby Dictionary
Chinese puzzle , Parthian shot , Pyrrhonism , absurd , address ,
affirmation , agonize over , allegation , answer , apostrophe ,
apprehension , approach , ask , ask a question , ask about ,
ask questions , assertion , assuredly , at issue , averment ,
awake a doubt , baffling problem , basis , be at sea , be curious ,
be diffident , be doubtful , be dubious , be skeptical , be uncertain ,
beat about , bill , blind bargain , bone of contention ,
borderline case , brain twister , bring into question , burden ,
burn with curiosity , calendar , call in question , case , catechism ,
catechize , certainly , challenge , chance , chapter , clause , comment ,
communicate with , companion bills amendment , concern , confusion ,
contact , contest , contingency , correspond , crack ,
cross-interrogatory , cross-question , crossword puzzle , crux ,
debatable , debating point , declaration , definitely , demand ,
demurral , demurrer , dictum , difficulty , diffidence , dig around for ,
dig up , dispute , distrust , distrustfulness , double contingency ,
doubt , doubtful , doubtfulness , doubtlessly , dragnet clause ,
dubiety , dubiousness , enacting clause , enigma , enigmatic question ,
enquiry , escalator clause , essence , establish connection , examine ,
exclamation , expression , feel unsure , feeler , focus of attention ,
focus of interest , gamble , gape , gawk , get to , gist ,
greet with skepticism , greeting , grill , grope , guess , half believe ,
half-belief , harbor suspicions , have reservations , head , heading ,
hold-up bill , impossible , in doubt , in question , inconceivable ,
indubitably , inquire , inquire of , inquiry , insupportable ,
interjection , interpellate , interrogate , interrogation ,
interrogative , interrogatory , interview , issue , jigsaw puzzle ,
joker , knot , knotty point , leader , leading question , leeriness ,
living issue , main point , maintain connection , make advances ,
make contact with , make inquiry , make overtures , make up to ,
matter , matter in hand , meat , mention , mind-boggler , misdoubt ,
misgive , misgiving , mistrust , mistrustfulness , moot point , motif ,
motion , motive , mystery , nose around for , nose out , note , nut ,
nut to crack , objection , observation , omnibus bill , open question ,
peer , perplexed question , perplexity , phrase , piece of guesswork ,
point , point at issue , point in question , poser , position ,
preposterous , privileged question , problem , pronouncement ,
propose a question , proposition , propound a question , protest ,
proviso , pump , put queries , puzzle , puzzle over , puzzlement ,
puzzler , query , question , question at issue , question mark ,
questionable , questioning , quiz , quodlibet , raise ,
raise a question , reach , reflection , relate to , remark ,
remonstrance , remonstration , reply to , require an answer ,
respond to , rider , ridiculous , rubber , rubberneck , rubric ,
saving clause , say , saying , scruple , scrupulousness , seek ,
self-doubt , sentence , shadow of doubt , sight-unseen transaction ,
sixty-four dollar question , skepticalness , skepticism , smell a rat ,
sound out , stare , statement , sticker , stumper , subject ,
subject matter , subject of thought , subjoinder , substance , suspect ,
suspicion , suspiciousness , test , text , theme , thought ,
thrash about , throw doubt upon , topic , toss-up , total skepticism ,
touch and go , tough proposition , treat with reserve , trial balloon ,
uncertainty , undecided issue , under consideration , undoubtedly ,
unthinkable , utterance , vexed question , wager , want to know ,
wariness , why , wonder , wonder about , wonder whether , word ,
worm out of


QUESTION, practice. A point on which the parties are not agreed, and which is submitted to the decision of a judge and jury. 2. When the doubt or difference arises as to what the law is on a certain state of facts, this is said to be a legal question, and when the party demurs, this is to be decided by the court; when it arises as to the truth or falsehood of facts, this is a question of fact, and is to be decided by the jury.
QUESTION, punishment, crim. law. A means sometimes employed, in some countries, by means of torture, to compel supposed great criminals to disclose their accomplices, or to acknowledge their crimes. 2. This torture is called question, because, as the unfortunate person accused is made to suffer pain, he is asked questions as to his supposed crime or accomplices. The same as torture. This is unknown in the United States. See Poth. Procedure Criminelle, sect. 5, art. 2, Sec. 3.
QUESTION, evidence. An interrogation put to a witness, requesting him to declare the truth of certain facts as far as he knows them. 2. Questions are either general or leading. By a general question is meant such an one as requires the witness to state all be knows without any suggestion being made to him, as who gave the blow? 3. A leading question is one which leads the mind of the witness to the answer, or suggests it to him, as did A B give the blow ? 4. The Romans called a question by which the fact or supposed fact which the interrogator expected, or wished to find asserted, in and by the answer made to the proposed respondent, a suggestive interrogation, as, is not your name A B? Vide Leading Question.
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