questions
Syllables: ques·tions/ˈkwɛst͡ʃənz/
questions is the plural of question.
questions is the third-person singular simple present indicative of question.
Meaning of question
Noun
question (plural questions)
- A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
- What is your question?
- Synonyms:
- inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation
- A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
- The question of seniority will be discussed at the meeting.
- Synonyms:
- subject, topic, problem, consideration, proposition
- A doubt or challenge about the truth, accuracy, or validity of a matter.
- His claim to the property has come under question.
- A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
- I move that the question be put to a vote.
- Synonyms:
- proposal
- Interrogation by torture.
- I, not at all ambitious of the crown of martyrdom, resolved to temporize: so that, when I was brought to the question the second time, I made a solemn recantation […]1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter LXXVII, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume II, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
- Talk; conversation; speech.
- Made she no verbal question?c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
Noun
questions
- A game in which players must only say questions, and if they don't they lose.
Forms of questions
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Phrases with questions
- wh questions
- tag questions
- wh- questions
- open questions
- tail questions
- bonus questions
- essay questions
- Fermi questions
- polar questions
- trick questions
- binary questions
- closed questions
56 more phrasesFewer phrases
- direct questions
- kitbag questions
- loaded questions
- questions of law
- scaled questions
- tossup questions
- twenty questions
- yes-no questions
- yes/no questions
- burning questions
- complex questions
- federal questions
- leading questions
- questions of fact
- reverse questions
- toss-up questions
- academic questions
- cash for questions
- doorknob questions
- indirect questions
- national questions
- no questions asked
- previous questions
- pub quiz questions
- yes-or-no questions
- $1,000,000 questions
- open-ended questions
- rhetorical questions
- close-ended questions
- daft laddie questions
- elimination questions
- first-order questions
- closed-ended questions
- questions and commands
- questions of privilege
- wife-beating questions
- billion dollar questions
- billion-dollar questions
- chicken or egg questions
- chicken-or-egg questions
- million dollar questions
- million-dollar questions
- private notice questions
- chicken and egg questions
- chicken-and-egg questions
- double-barreled questions
- multiple-choice questions
- frequently asked questions
- sixty-four dollar questions
- there are no stupid questions
- Evil Questions Attacking Ontario
- shoot first and ask questions later
- shot first and asked questions later
- sixty-four thousand dollar questions
- shoots first and asks questions later
- shooting first and asking questions later
Questions about questions
- What does questions mean?
- Questions means a game in which players must only say questions, and if they don't they lose.
- What is questions the plural of?
- Questions is the plural of question.
- What part of speech is questions?
- Questions is a noun.
- How do you pronounce questions?
- Questions is pronounced /ˈkwɛst͡ʃənz/.
Words near questions in the dictionary
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