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questionings

questionings is the plural of questioning.

Meaning of questioning

Noun

questioning (countable and uncountable, plural questionings)

  1. The action of asking questions; a survey; an inquiry.
    • I didn’t know much about medical supplies, so I took the list Docc handed me without much questioning.2018, Megan DeVos, Anarchy, Orion, →ISBN
  2. The act of challenging, wondering, and doubting.
  3. Interrogation.
    • The official Central News agency said a Nationalist patrol boat Dec. 28 captured six Communist spies disguised as fishermen as they approached within 1,000 yards of the Paichuan in a motorized fishing craft. They were taken to Matsu for questioning.1955 December 31, “Chiang Says Time Near For Mainland Uprising”, in The Christian Science Monitor, Atlantic edition, volume 48, number 31, Boston, sourced from Associated Press, Taipei, Formosa...

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Questions about questionings

What is questionings the plural of?
Questionings is the plural of questioning.

Words near questionings in the dictionary

  1. questionest
  2. questioneth
  3. questionful
  4. questioning
  5. questioningly
  6. questionings
  7. questionist
  8. questionists
  9. questionize
  10. questionized
  11. questionizes

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