Question

['kwestʃ(ə)n] or ['kwɛstʃən]

Definition

(noun.) the subject matter at issue; 'the question of disease merits serious discussion'; 'under the head of minor Roman poets'.

(noun.) an informal reference to a marriage proposal; 'he was ready to pop the question'.

(noun.) an instance of questioning; 'there was a question about my training'; 'we made inquiries of all those who were present'.

(noun.) a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; 'he asked a direct question'; 'he had trouble phrasing his interrogations'.

(verb.) pose a question.

(verb.) challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of; 'We must question your judgment in this matter'.

Edited by Cary--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.

(n.) Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as, the story is true beyond question; he obeyed without question.

(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; as, a delicate or doubtful question.

(n.) Talk; conversation; speech; speech.

(n.) To ask questions; to inquire.

(n.) To argue; to converse; to dispute.

(v. t.) To inquire of by asking questions; to examine by interrogatories; as, to question a witness.

(v. t.) To doubt of; to be uncertain of; to query.

(v. t.) To raise a question about; to call in question; to make objection to.

(v. t.) To talk to; to converse with.

Typist: Vance

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Interrogation, examination.[2]. Interrogatory, query, inquiry.[3]. Discussion, disquisition, investigation, trial.[4]. Dispute, controversy, doubt.[5]. Proposition, motion, topic, point.

v. a. [1]. Interrogate, ask, catechise, examine, inquire of, put questions to.[2]. Doubt, query, controvert, dispute, call in question, hesitate to believe, consider questionable.

Inputed by Angie

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Ask, inquire, interrogate, doubt, investigate, dubitate, controvert, dispute

ANT:Dictate, state, assert, pronounce, enunciate, concede, endorse, affirm, grant,allow

SYN:Inquiry, interrogation, doubt, scrutiny, investigation, topic

ANT:Reply, response, solution, answer, explanation, admission, concession

Inputed by Edgar

Definition

n. a seeking: an inquiry: an examination esp. by torture: an investigation: dispute: doubt: a subject of discussion esp. the particular point actually before the house the measure to be voted upon: (Shak.) conversation.—v.t. to ask questions of: to examine by questions: to inquire of: to regard as doubtful: to challenge take exception to: to have no confidence in.—v.i. to ask questions: to inquire: to debate consider to converse.—adj. Quest′ionable that may be questioned: doubtful: uncertain: suspicious.—n. Quest′ionableness.—adv. Quest′ionably.—adj. Quest′ionary asking questions.—n. one who hawks about for sale indulgences or relics.—ns. Quest′ioner; Quest′ioning a query doubt suspicion.—adv. Quest′ioningly.—n. Quest′ionist a questioner a doubter: at Cambridge a student qualified to be a candidate for a degree.—adj. Quest′ionless unquestioning: beyond question or doubt: certainly.—n. Quest′rist (Shak.) a seeker a pursuer.—adj. Quest′uary (obs.) greedy of gain yielding gain.—Question of fact consideration as to the actual occurrence of an event.—Beg the question (see Beg); Call in question to challenge to subject to judicial inquiry; In question under consideration referring to a thing just mentioned; Leading-question (see Lead); Out of question doubtless; Out of the question not to be thought of; Pop the question (see Pop); Previous question (see Previous).

Edited by Cathryn