QUESTION
\kwˈɛst͡ʃən], \kwˈɛstʃən], \k_w_ˈɛ_s_tʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of QUESTION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of; "We must question your judgment in this matter"
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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"
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conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
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place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight"
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the subject matter at issue; "the question of disease merits serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets"
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an informal reference to a marriage proposal; "he was ready to pop the question"
By Princeton University
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challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of; "We must question your judgment in this matter"
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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"
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conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
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place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight"
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the subject matter at issue; "the question of disease merits serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets"
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an informal reference to a marriage proposal; "he was ready to pop the question"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.
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Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as, the story is true beyond question; he obeyed without question.
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Examination with reference to a decisive result; investigation; specifically, a judicial or official investigation; also, examination under torture.
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That which is asked; inquiry; interrogatory; query.
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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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Talk; conversation; speech; speech.
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To ask questions; to inquire.
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To argue; to converse; to dispute.
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To inquire of by asking questions; to examine by interrogatories; as, to question a witness.
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To doubt of; to be uncertain of; to query.
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To raise a question about; to call in question; to make objection to.
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To talk to; to converse with.
By Oddity Software
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The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.
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Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as, the story is true beyond question; he obeyed without question.
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Examination with reference to a decisive result; investigation; specifically, a judicial or official investigation; also, examination under torture.
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That which is asked; inquiry; interrogatory; query.
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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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Talk; conversation; speech; speech.
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To ask questions; to inquire.
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To argue; to converse; to dispute.
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To inquire of by asking questions; to examine by interrogatories; as, to question a witness.
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To doubt of; to be uncertain of; to query.
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To raise a question about; to call in question; to make objection to.
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To talk to; to converse with.
By Noah Webster.
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To ask questions; to inquire.
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Questioner.
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A seeking: an inquiry: an examination: an investigation: dispute: doubt: a subject of discussion.
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To ask questions of: to examine by questions: to inquire of: to regard as doubtful: to have no confidence in.
By Daniel Lyons
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An inquiry; act of asking; that which is asked; interrogation; subject of dispute; subject under discussion; as, the question before the meeting; doubt; as, these beyond question are the facts; a matter to be decided; as, that is a question for you to settle.
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To ask or interrogate; examine by queries; treat as doubtful.
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To make inquiries.
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Questioner.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Questioner.
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To put a question to; make inquiry; doubt.
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A sentence calling for an answer; an inquiry.
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A controversy; difference; objection.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Act of asking; inquiry; investigation; subject of inquiry or discussion.
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To ask questions of; regard as doubtful.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. [Latin] Act of asking; interrogation ; - inquiry examination ; -judicial investigation or trial ; especially, examination by torture ;-that which is asked a query ; subject propounded for inquiry ;-disquisition ; discussion ;-dispute or subject of dispute; - a matter of doubt or difficulty ; a problem.
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