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Meaning question meaning

What does question mean?
Definitions in simple English

question Noun

— Something someone says to have someone else say an answer. The question is: &;quot;How much money do we have?&;quot; — A trouble or thing to talk about. It was a question of right and wrong.

question Verb

— To say questions to someone; to ask someone questions. She questioned him fully. — To have an idea that something may be true or may not be true. They questioned whether he was right .

question

— noun (= inquiry, enquiry) an instance of questioning there was a question about my training we made inquiries of all those who were present — noun (= head) the subject matter at issue the question of disease merits serious discussion under the head of minor Roman poets — verb challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of We must question your judgment in this matter — verb pose a series of questions to The suspect was questioned by the police We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion — noun (= interrogation) a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply he asked a direct question he had trouble phrasing his interrogations — noun (= dubiousness) uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something the dubiousness of his claim there is no question about the validity of the enterprise — verb pose a question — verb (= interview) conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting — verb (= wonder) place in doubt or express doubtful speculation I wonder whether this was the right thing to do she wondered whether it would snow tonight — noun an informal reference to a marriage proposal he was ready to pop the question — noun (= motion) 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

Synonyms question synonyms

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question English » English

ask interrogate inquire query inquiry problem doubt interrogation enquire matter issue investigate enquiry examine quiz request interrogative dispute subject interview suspicion puzzle interrogatory distrust demand contest wonder topic riddle point interrogative sentence grill call into question uncertainty trouble suspect study scrutinize scepticism protest petition motion inquiring challenge case ask a question survey sound skepticism search

Topics question topics

What do people use question to talk about?
Language and thought Communication Say

Ask
Language and thought Think

Learn
Language and thought Think Learn

Study
Language and thought Think Learn

Evaluate, test
Language and thought Want

Request
Language and thought Communication Say

Talk about a subject
Language and thought Communication Say Talk about a subject

Be about, subject
Social behavior Law Trial

Investigate a crime
Person Life Marriage

Arrange a marriage
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods

Certainly, definitely
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods

Uncertain
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods

Impossible
Grammar Connected with, related Discourse markers

Markers of emphasis

Conjugation question conjugation

How do you conjugate question?

question · verb

Examples question examples

How do I use question in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I don't know how to reply to that question.
You don't have to answer this question.
I asked Tony a question.
What to do next is our question.
Answer the question.
Ask your question.
The president declined to answer the delicate question.
The President refused to answer the question.
He asked a question about it.
She couldn't answer the question.
I have a question.
I need to ask you a silly question.
Do you really need to ask the question to know the answer?
May I ask a question?
The key question is not what can I gain but what do I have to lose.
To my surprise, she could not answer the question.
Mr Hashimoto was confused by Ken's question.
Traveling abroad is out of the question.
No student was able to answer the question.
I have no knowledge of that question.
I have to keep my mind on this important question.
Your question is not relevant to the subject.
Your question is hard for me to answer.
Only you answered the question.
I'll be happy to answer your question.
He is, without question, the best man for the job.
We debated on the question of world population.

Movie subtitles

The only way to answer that question is to understand how the West came to be so powerful in the first place.
Understanding how the West beat the rest gives us an insight not just into the past but also into the future, and I think you'II agree, it helps answer the question that could be the most important of our time.
Question - could something similar happen to Western civilization 2.0 - the version that, after a millennium of stagnation, rose to dominate the world?
The question is, why did the Europeans have that fervour when the Chinese didn't?
Even though this might make them question if the plates are real or not.
But for many years the question was taboo to science.
The key question is; how far down does the water persist beneath the surface and if you go far enough, is the pressure and temperature high enough that the water would be liquid, not in the form of ice?
It would be really fun if we could find an alien that could, you know, send me an email or twitter or whatever, all day long, but the profound question is life or nonlife.
It raises the question, who represents Earth?
Find the answer to your own question and death.
Ask one question at a time!
If I may ask you an abrupt question would you happen to know of a man called Miyamoto Musashi?
I don't understand your question.
I have a question.
It's a question of religion, which is sacred.
It's only a question of time now.
But leaving Algeria was out of the question.
It's only a question of timing.
Ask your question.
That's a good question. I gave him a thorough examination and discovered something peculiar.
Same question, sir.
Don't know. However, there's no question that something went down here.
I'm afraid that springing into action is out of the question.
There's no question we are going to be dealing with a dangerous foe.
I have a question. Are you and your kind really immortal?
Truthfully, it would be the two of you who hold the answer to that question.
No question.
Let me ask you just one question.
The only question is when.
It's where they bring people to question...when they don't want anyone to know they're doing it.
I have an awkward question to ask.
I don't understand your question. But you know what, I'm starting to realize that maybe that pill was not what I needed.
Quick question. - Yeah?
Perhaps that's the gentleman in question. Telephoning to apologise.
So if you caused harm to someone else, even inadvertently, would it not make you question everything your life has come to stand for?
I, a rational woman, have no-one to question but myself.
A blunt question deserves a blunt answer.

News and current affairs

Indeed, enlargement of NATO comes only a few days after a deal was struck between Russia and the EU on the tricky question of access to the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.
There was no question of violence.
I trust that among the experts will be some who have pondered the underlying ethical question: how safe should we aim to be?
Consider the question of predicting events like the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, which killed more than 200,000 people.
The population, frustrated by ever deepening impoverishment and isolation, is beginning to question what happened over the past decade in Serbia.
Or at least, to consider perhaps a quite different question: where would it be reasonable for the EU to move?
At the same time, the Commission's latest report on Turkey's progress toward accession notes that political reforms have slowed down, further calling into question the country's future EU membership.
This leaves us with the third question: what kind of Turkey does the EU want?
My hosts, the Kweku Hutchful Foundation, invited me with a different question in mind: How can Ghanaian leaders be developed?
But the question is: when and how?
So the question arises: how are private bondholders to be convinced to get rid of their Greek bonds at a loss if there is a credible buyer of last resort?
That question is raised in Transnational Land Deals for Agriculture in the Global South, a report issued last year by the Land Matrix Partnership, a consortium of European research institutes and nongovernmental organizations.
Perhaps the most important question is this: Whom is the public inclined to believe - Clooney or Johnson (or perhaps the Nazis)?
The question is what China will get in return.
There was no question of violence. There were just very raw nerves and hypersensitivity to hints of disrespect, on the part of the professor, and of the cop.
The question now is whether governments will give Judge Goldstone's findings the serious attention they deserve, or instead fall back into an overtly political posture.
Now that we have seen the costs of giving absolute priority to safety, we know that this is not only a technical question.
But one question has largely escaped thorough examination: what Russia's annexation of Crimea and invasion of eastern Ukraine indicates about the European Union's foreign policy.
The main question is whether the growing number of women in politics will deliver the different perspectives and modes of leadership that many voters (or protesters) now seem to crave.
But if that issue is settled (and it should be), there is an equally large and important question that remains wide open: what should we do about it?
Developing countries must use their limited resources in the most effective way, and there is no question where the most attractive opportunities in Africa are to be found.
It is doubtful that the ECB would raise interest rates to curb excess liquidity so long as economic recovery remains in question.

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