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in question

in question adjective: under consideration, under discussion.

Adjective

in question (comparative more in question, superlative most in question)

  1. Under consideration, under discussion.
    • The man in question just walked in.
    • The topic in question is not something that can be easily addressed due to its sensitivity.
  2. In doubt, under dispute.
    • The whole project is now in question.
    • The evidence has been called in question.

in question meaning in Malayalam and Kannada

in question in Malayalam

under discussion, at issue, under consideration
പരിഗണനാവിധേയമായ, തർക്കത്തിലിരിക്കുന്ന, വിവാദവിഷയമായ, ചർച്ചയിലിരിക്കുന്ന, പരിഗണനയിലിരിക്കുന്ന, കാര്യപരിപാടിയിലുള്ള

in question in Kannada

ಚರ್ಚಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ, ವಿವಾದಾಸ್ಪದವಾದ

Examples of in question in a sentence

  • The police officer told me the suspect in question was last seen on Swanston St.
  • When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company...

Forms of in question

comparativemore in question
superlativemost in question

Questions about in question

What does in question mean?
In question means under consideration, under discussion.
What is in question in Malayalam?
In question in Malayalam is പരിഗണനാവിധേയമായ, തർക്കത്തിലിരിക്കുന്ന, വിവാദവിഷയമായ. See In question meaning in Malayalam.
How do you use in question in a sentence?
The police officer told me the suspect in question was last seen on Swanston St.
What part of speech is in question?
In question is an adjective.

Words near in question in the dictionary

  1. in public
  2. in pup
  3. in puris naturalibus
  4. in pursuit
  5. in quantity
  6. in question
  7. in quick sticks
  8. in quick succession
  9. in rag order
  10. in rags
  11. in rare form

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: in question (page history and authors); in question (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); in question (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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