Question Definition

kwĕschən
questioned, questioning, questions
noun
questions
An asking; inquiry.
Webster's New World
A sentence, phrase, or gesture that seeks information through a reply.
American Heritage
Something that is asked; interrogative sentence, as in seeking to learn or in testing another's knowledge; query.
Webster's New World
A problem; matter open to discussion or inquiry.
Webster's New World
A matter or case of difficulty.
Not a question of money.
Webster's New World
verb
questioned, questioning, questions
To ask a question or questions of; interrogate; put queries to.
Webster's New World
To interrogate (a suspect, for example).
American Heritage
To ask a question or questions.
Webster's New World
To pose a question or questions regarding (something); analyze or examine.
Researchers questioning which of the methods will work.
American Heritage
To dispute; challenge.
Webster's New World
idiom
in question
  • Under consideration or discussion.
American Heritage
out of the question
  • Not worth considering because of being too difficult or impossible:

    Starting over is out of the question.

American Heritage
beside the question
  • not related to the subject under discussion
Webster's New World
beyond (all) question
  • beyond dispute; without any doubt; certainly
Webster's New World
in question
  • being considered, debated, etc.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Question

Noun

Singular:
question
Plural:
questions

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Origin of Question

  • From Middle English question, questioun, questiun, from Anglo-Norman questiun, from Old French question, from Latin quaestionem, accusative of quaestio (“a seeking, investigation, inquiry, question"), from quaerere (“to seek, ask, inquire"). Displaced native Middle English frain, fraign (“question") (from Old English fræġn); compare Middle English frainen, freinen (“to inquire, question"), Middle English afrainen, affrainen (“to question").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French legal inquiry from Latin quaestiō quaestiōn- from quaestus obsolete past participle of quaerere to ask, seek

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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