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counterquestion

counterquestion noun: a question that serves as a reply to, or distraction from, another.

Noun

counterquestion (plural counterquestions)

  1. A question that serves as a reply to, or distraction from, another.
    • This leads to a counterquestion — why can’t M.L.B. be happy to initiate its channel with a combined guaranteed 30 million subscribers?2007 March 9, Richard Sandomir, “Baseball Bends on TV Plan, but Doubts Linger”, in New York Times

Verb

counterquestion (third-person singular simple present counterquestions, present participle counterquestioning, simple past and past participle counterquestioned)

  1. To ask a counterquestion.

Forms of counterquestion

Noun
pluralcounterquestions
Verb
third-person singular presentcounterquestions
present participlecounterquestioning
past participlecounterquestioned
pastcounterquestioned

Origin of counterquestion

From counter- + question.

Questions about counterquestion

What does counterquestion mean?
Counterquestion means a question that serves as a reply to, or distraction from, another.
What part of speech is counterquestion?
Counterquestion can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of counterquestion?
The plural of counterquestion is counterquestions.

Words near counterquestion in the dictionary

  1. counterpush
  2. counterpushes
  3. counterquartered
  4. counterqueries
  5. counterquery
  6. counterquestion
  7. counterquestioned
  8. counterquestioning
  9. counterquestions
  10. counterquip
  11. counterquips

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