Definitions for question

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question ques·tion

Spelling: [kwes-chuh n]

IPA: /ˈkwɛs tʃən/

Question is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 249 anagrams from letters in question (einoqstu).

Definitions for question

noun

1. a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
2. a problem for discussion or under discussion; a matter for investigation.
3. a matter of some uncertainty or difficulty; problem (usually followed by of):
4. a subject of dispute or controversy.
5. a proposal to be debated or voted on, as in a meeting or a deliberative assembly.
6. the procedure of putting a proposal to vote.
7. Politics. a problem of public policy submitted to the voters for an expression of opinion.
8. Law. a controversy that is submitted to a judicial tribunal or administrative agency for decision. the interrogation by which information is secured. Obsolete. judicial examination or trial.
9. the act of asking or inquiring; interrogation; query.
10. inquiry into or discussion of some problem or doubtful matter.

Idioms

1. beg the question. beg1 (def 9).
2. beyond question, beyond dispute; without doubt: Also, beyond all question.
3. call in / into question, to dispute; challenge. to cast doubt upon; question:
4. in question, under consideration. in dispute.
5. out of the question, not to be considered; unthinkable; impossible:

verb (used with object)

1. to ask (someone) a question; ask questions of; interrogate.
2. to ask or inquire.
3. to make a question of; doubt:
4. to challenge or dispute:

verb (used without object)

1. to ask a question or questions.

Origin of question

1250-1300; (noun) Middle English questio(u)n, questiun Anglo-French questiun, Middle French question Latin quaestiōn- (stem of quaestiō), equivalent to quaes-, stem of quaerere to ask + -tiōn

Examples for question

Arrived at Calcutta, the question arose: "What shall we do with him?"

He also bragged about earning a PhD, a point Smerconish did not question.

She narrowed her eyes, bit her lip as if to chew over the question, and whisked some stray blond hairs away from her face.

Her post-crown fame, though, only further begs the question: Why has there not been another Jewish Miss America since 1945?

After watching Hope for a time in silence, she began to question her.

A vote was taken on the question of exile, and the black pebbles predominated.

The woman in question, meanwhile, has business of her own to take care of—she is reported to be shopping a memoir.

One question was why Lynch did not think this was also true of cops who turned their backs earlier on Sunday.

These losses are doubtless irreparable so far as the stocks in question are concerned.

Whether it had ever been painted, was a question not easily solved.