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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An expression of inquiry that invites or calls for a reply.
  • n. An interrogative sentence, phrase, or gesture.
  • n. A subject or point open to controversy; an issue.
  • n. A difficult matter; a problem: a question of ethics.
  • n. A point or subject under discussion or consideration.
  • n. A proposition brought up for consideration by an assembly.
  • n. The act of bringing a proposal to vote.
  • n. Uncertainty; doubt: There is no question about the validity of the enterprise.
  • v. To put a question to. See Synonyms at ask.
  • v. To examine (a witness, for example) by questioning; interrogate.
  • v. To express doubt about; dispute.
  • v. To analyze; examine.
  • verb-intransitive. To ask questions.
  • idiom. in question Under consideration or discussion.
  • idiom. out of the question Not worth considering; impossible: Starting over is out of the question.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative.
  • n. A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
  • n. An unknown.
  • n. A doubt or challenge about the truth or accuracy of a matter.
  • n. A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
  • v. To ask questions of; interrogate; enquire; ask for information.
  • v. To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry.
  • n. Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt
  • n. Examination with reference to a decisive result; investigation; specifically, a judicial or official investigation; also, examination under torture.
  • n. That which is asked; inquiry; interrogatory; query.
  • n. Hence, a subject of investigation, examination, or debate; theme of inquiry; matter to be inquired into.
  • n. Talk; conversation; speech; speech.
  • verb-intransitive. To ask questions; to inquire.
  • verb-intransitive. To argue; to converse; to dispute.
  • v. To inquire of by asking questions; to examine by interrogatories.
  • v. To doubt of; to be uncertain of; to query.
  • v. To raise a question about; to call in question; to make objection to.
  • v. To talk to; to converse with.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of interrogation; the putting of inquiries: as, to examine by question and answer.
  • n. That which is asked; an inquiry; a query; the expression of a desire to know something indicated more or less definitely. ;
  • n. Inquiry; disquisition; discussion.
  • n. The subject or matter of examination or investigation; the theme of inquiry; a matter discussed or made the subject of disquisition.
  • n. Dispute or subject of debate; a point of doubt or difficulty.
  • n. Doubt; controversy; dispute: as, the story is true beyond all question.
  • n. Judicial trial or inquiry; trial; examination.
  • n. Examination by torture, or the application of torture to prisoners under criminal accusation in order to extort confession.
  • n. Conversation; speech; talk.
  • n. In logic, a proposition, or that which is to be established as a conclusion, stated by way of interrogation.
  • n. In parliamentary usage: The point under discussion by the house; the measure to be voted on: as, to speak to the question.
  • n. The putting of the matter discussed to a vote: as, are you ready for the question?
  • n. To subject to judicial interrogation.
  • n. 4 and Proposition, motion, topic, point.
  • To ask a question or questions; inquire or seek to know; examine.
  • To debate; reason; consider.
  • To dispute; doubt.
  • To talk; converse.
  • To inquire of by asking questions; examine by interrogatories: as, to question a witness.
  • To doubt of; be uncertain of; mention or treat as doubtful or not to be trusted.
  • To call in question; challenge; take exception to: as, to question an exercise of prerogative.
  • Synonyms Ask, Inquire of, Interrogate, etc. (see ask), catechize.
  • To controvert, dispute.
  • n. plural The smaller catechism. Also called question-book.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
  • n. uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something
  • n. a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
  • v. pose a series of questions to
  • v. place in doubt or express doubtful speculation
  • n. the subject matter at issue
  • v. conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
  • v. pose a question
  • n. an instance of questioning
  • n. a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
  • n. an informal reference to a marriage proposal
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