QUESTION


Meaning of QUESTION in English

n. 25B6; noun

please answer my question : ENQUIRY, query; interrogation; Brit. informal quiz.

there is no question that he is ill : DOUBT, dispute, argument, debate, uncertainty, dubiousness, reservation; formal dubiety.

the political questions of the day : ISSUE, matter, business, problem, concern, topic, theme, case; debate, argument, dispute, controversy.

interrogative.

answer, certainty.

25B6; verb

the magistrate questions the suspect : INTERROGATE, cross-examine, cross-question, quiz, catechize; interview, debrief, examine, give the third degree to; informal grill, pump.

she questioned his motives : QUERY, call into question, challenge, dispute, cast aspersions on, doubt, suspect, have suspicions about, have reservations about.

25A0; beyond question

her loyalty is beyond question : UNDOUBTED, beyond doubt, certain, indubitable, indisputable, incontrovertible, unquestionable, undeniable, clear, patent, manifest.

the results demonstrated this beyond question : INDISPUTABLY, irrefutably, incontestably, incontrovertibly, unquestionably, undeniably, undoubtedly, beyond doubt, without doubt, clearly, patently, obviously.

25A0; in question AT ISSUE, under discussion, under consideration, on the agenda, to be decided.

25A0; out of the question IMPOSSIBLE, impracticable, unfeasible, unworkable, inconceivable, unimaginable, unrealizable, unsuitable; informal not on.

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