Definition of Question
1. Noun. An instance of questioning. "We made inquiries of all those who were present"
Generic synonyms: Inquiring, Questioning
Derivative terms: Enquire, Inquire, Interrogate, Query
Antonyms: Answer
2. Verb. Challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of. "We must question your judgment in this matter"
3. Noun. The subject matter at issue. "Under the head of minor Roman poets"
Generic synonyms: Subject, Theme, Topic
Specialized synonyms: Problem, Matter Of Fact, Question Of Fact, Matter Of Law, Question Of Law
4. Verb. Pose a series of questions to. "We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion"
Generic synonyms: Ask
Derivative terms: Interrogation, Interrogation, Interrogation, Interrogative, Interrogator, Interrogatory, Questioning
5. Noun. A sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply. "He had trouble phrasing his interrogations"
Generic synonyms: Sentence
Specialized synonyms: Cross-question, Leading Question, Yes-no Question
Derivative terms: Interrogate
6. Verb. Pose a question.
Specialized synonyms: Enquire, Inquire, Wonder, Interpellate, Examine, Pump, Check Out, Feel Out, Sound Out, Debrief
Generic synonyms: Ask
Derivative terms: Querier, Query, Questioner, Questioning
7. Noun. Uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something. "There is no question about the validity of the enterprise"
Generic synonyms: Precariousness, Uncertainness, Uncertainty
Derivative terms: Doubt, Doubtful, Dubious
8. Verb. Conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting. "Sam cannot question Sue "
Generic synonyms: Converse, Discourse
Derivative terms: Interview, Interviewee, Interviewer
9. Noun. A formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote. ; "She called for the question"
10. Verb. Place in doubt or express doubtful speculation. "They question whether there was a traffic accident"; "She wondered whether it would snow tonight"
Generic synonyms: Chew Over, Contemplate, Excogitate, Meditate, Mull, Mull Over, Muse, Ponder, Reflect, Ruminate, Speculate, Think Over
Specialized synonyms: Scruple
11. Noun. An informal reference to a marriage proposal. "He was ready to pop the question"
Definition of Question
1. n. The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.
2. v. i. To ask questions; to inquire.
3. v. t. To inquire of by asking questions; to examine by interrogatories; as, to question a witness.
Definition of Question
1. to put a question (an inquiry) to [v -ED, -ING, -S]
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Literary usage of Question
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1846)
"And now to the second part of the question, which concerns the tradesman you
mentioned : suppose such a one to have but a poor employ in the world, but, ..."
2. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come by John Bunyan (1879)
"... but they concluded, as they went, that not Mr By-ends, but old Mr Hold-
the-world, should propound the question to them, because, as they supposed, ..."
3. Factors in Modern History by Albert Frederick Pollard (1907)
"The question where ? is really more important than the question when ?; and it
... Yet I am afraid that for every ten, who could answer the second question, ..."
4. The Republic of Plato by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"He is not satisfied with the indirect manner in which, at the end of the last
book, Socrates had contrived to dispose of the question ' Whether the just or ..."
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