question.
A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
Meaning & usage
A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
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A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
The question of seniority will be discussed at the meeting.
There was a question of which material to use.
A doubt or challenge about the truth, accuracy, or validity of a matter.
His claim to the property has come under question.
The story is true beyond question.
A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
I move that the question be put to a vote.
Interrogation by torture.
Talk; conversation; speech.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English questioun, from Anglo-Norman questiun, from Old French question, from Latin quaestiōnem, accusative of quaestiō (“a seeking, investigation, inquiry, question”), from quaerere (“to seek, ask, inquire”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”). Doublet of quest. Partially displaced native Old English āscung, whence asking. Compare also Middle Low German quēstie (“questioning; inquiry”), Middle High German questje (“question”).
To ask questions of; to interrogate; to ask for information.
To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
To ask a question or questions; inquire or seek to know; examine.
To argue; to converse; to dispute.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English questionen, questyonen, partly from Middle French questionner and partly from the noun.
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