question
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
question/ˈkwestʃən/
▶noun
- 1 a sentence worded or expressed so as to elicit information.
- 2 a doubt.
■ the raising of a doubt or objection.
- 3 a problem requiring resolution.
- 4 a matter or concern depending on conditions: a question of age.
- 1 ask questions of.
- 2 express doubt about; object to.
– phrases
come (or bring) into question become (or raise) an issue for further consideration or discussion.
in question
out of the question not possible.
put the question require supporters and opponents of a debated proposal to record their votes.
come (or bring) into question become (or raise) an issue for further consideration or discussion.
in question
- 1 being considered or discussed.
- 2 in doubt.
out of the question not possible.
put the question require supporters and opponents of a debated proposal to record their votes.
– derivatives
questioner noun,
questioning adjective,
questioningly adverb.
questioner noun,
questioning adjective,
questioningly adverb.
– origin ME: from OFr. question (n.), questionner (v.), from L. quaestio(n-), from quaerere ‘ask, seek’.
'question' also found in these Oxford entries:
a
- already
- answer
- answerable
- bark
- beg
- caboodle
- call
- canvass
- catechize
- chicken
- contextualism
- conundrum
- cross-examine
- cross-question
- debrief
- deceased
- disputable
- dispute
- doubt
- elenchus
- evade
- examine
- field
- heckle
- hemihydrate
- impeach
- imperfect
- implicit
- indirect question
- interrogate
- interrogation point
- interrogative
- interrogatory
- kind
- leading question
- McNaghten rules
- matter
- mind
- mood
- multiple-choice
- native speaker
- non-native
- now
- off
- open question
- oppugn
- parameter
- parry
- pass
