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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
question
n 1: an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my
training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were
present" [syn: question, inquiry, enquiry, query,
interrogation] [ant: answer]
2: the subject matter at issue; "the question of disease merits
serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets"
[syn: question, head]
3: a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; "he asked a
direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his
interrogations" [syn: question, interrogation,
interrogative, interrogative sentence]
4: uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of
something; "the dubiousness of his claim"; "there is no
question about the validity of the enterprise" [syn: doubt,
dubiousness, doubtfulness, question]
5: a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly
for discussion and vote; "he made a motion to adjourn"; "she
called for the question" [syn: motion, question]
6: an informal reference to a marriage proposal; "he was ready
to pop the question"
v 1: challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of; "We must
question your judgment in this matter" [syn: question,
oppugn, call into question]
2: pose a series of questions to; "The suspect was questioned by
the police"; "We questioned the survivor about the details of
the explosion" [syn: interrogate, question]
3: pose a question [syn: question, query]
4: conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio
reporting [syn: interview, question]
5: place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder
whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered
whether it would snow tonight" [syn: wonder, question]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Question \Ques"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. quaestio, fr. quaerere,
quaesitum, to seek for, ask, inquire. See Quest, n.]
1. The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine
by question and answer.
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2. Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as,
the story is true beyond question; he obeyed without
question.
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There arose a question between some of John's
disciples and the Jews about purifying. -- John iii.
25.
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It is to be to question, whether it be lawful for
Christian princes to make an invasive war simply for
the propagation of the faith. -- Bacon.
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3. Examination with reference to a decisive result;
investigation; specifically, a judicial or official
investigation; also, examination under torture.
--Blackstone.
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He that was in question for the robbery. Shak.
The Scottish privy council had power to put state
prisoners to the question. --Macaulay.
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4. That which is asked; inquiry; interrogatory; query.
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But this question asked
Puts me in doubt. Lives there who loves his pain ?
--Milton.
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5. Hence, a subject of investigation, examination, or debate;
theme of inquiry; matter to be inquired into; as, a
delicate or doubtful question.
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6. Talk; conversation; speech; speech. [Obs.] --Shak.
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In question, in debate; in the course of examination or
discussion; as, the matter or point in question.
Leading question. See under Leading.
Out of question, unquestionably. "Out of question, 't is
Maria's hand." --Shak.
Out of the question. See under Out.
Past question, beyond question; certainly; undoubtedly;
unquestionably.
Previous question, a question put to a parliamentary
assembly upon the motion of a member, in order to
ascertain whether it is the will of the body to vote at
once, without further debate, on the subject under
consideration.
Note: The form of the question is: "Shall the main question
be now put?" If the vote is in the affirmative, the
matter before the body must be voted upon as it then
stands, without further general debate or the
submission of new amendments. In the House of
Representatives of the United States, and generally in
America, a negative decision operates to keep the
business before the body as if the motion had not been
made; but in the English Parliament, it operates to
postpone consideration for the day, and until the
subject may be again introduced. In American practice,
the object of the motion is to hasten action, and it is
made by a friend of the measure. In English practice,
the object is to get rid of the subject for the time
being, and the motion is made with a purpose of voting
against it. --Cushing.
To beg the question. See under Beg.
To the question, to the point in dispute; to the real
matter under debate.
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Syn: Point; topic; subject.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Question \Ques"tion\, v. t.
1. To inquire of by asking questions; to examine by
interrogatories; as, to question a witness.
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2. To doubt of; to be uncertain of; to query.
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And most we question what we most desire. --Prior.
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3. To raise a question about; to call in question; to make
objection to. "But have power and right to question thy
bold entrance on this place." --Milton.
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4. To talk to; to converse with.
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With many holiday and lady terms he questioned me.
-- Shak.
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Syn: To ask; interrogate; catechise; doubt; controvert;
dispute.
Usage: Question, Inquire, Interrogate. To inquire is merely
to ask for information, and implies no authority in
the one who asks. To interrogate is to put repeated
questions in a formal or systematic fashion to elicit
some particular fact or facts. To question has a wider
sense than to interrogate, and often implies an
attitude of distrust or opposition on the part of the
questioner.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Question \Ques"tion\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Questioned; p. pr. &
vb. n. Questioning.] [Cf. F. questionner. See Question,
n.]
1. To ask questions; to inquire.
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He that questioneth much shall learn much. --Bacon.
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2. To argue; to converse; to dispute. [Obs.]
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I pray you, think you question with the Jew. --Shak.
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5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
QUESTION, practice. A point on which the parties are not agreed, and which
is submitted to the decision of a judge and jury.
2. When the doubt or difference arises as to what the law is on a
certain state of facts, this is said to be a legal question, and when the
party demurs, this is to be decided by the court; when it arises as to the
truth or falsehood of facts, this is a question of fact, and is to be
decided by the jury.
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6. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
QUESTION, punishment, crim. law. A means sometimes employed, in some
countries, by means of torture, to compel supposed great criminals to
disclose their accomplices, or to acknowledge their crimes.
2. This torture is called question, because, as the unfortunate person
accused is made to suffer pain, he is asked questions as to his supposed
crime or accomplices. The same as torture. This is unknown in the United
States. See Poth. Procedure Criminelle, sect. 5, art. 2, Sec. 3.
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7. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
QUESTION, evidence. An interrogation put to a witness, requesting him to
declare the truth of certain facts as far as he knows them.
2. Questions are either general or leading. By a general question is
meant such an one as requires the witness to state all be knows without any
suggestion being made to him, as who gave the blow?
3. A leading question is one which leads the mind of the witness to the
answer, or suggests it to him, as did A B give the blow ?
4. The Romans called a question by which the fact or supposed fact
which the interrogator expected, or wished to find asserted, in and by the
answer made to the proposed respondent, a suggestive interrogation, as, is
not your name A B? Vide Leading Question.
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