RHETORICAL QUESTION

Meaning of RHETORICAL QUESTION in English

noun

: a question not intended to elicit an answer but asked for rhetorical effect often with an assumption that only one answer is possible (as in “Who does not love his country?”)

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

RHETORICAL QUESTION — a question asked solely to produce an effect or to make an assertion and not to elicit a reply, as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RHETORICAL QUESTION — question whose answer is clear, question that was asked solely for the purpose of making an impression
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
RHETORICAL QUESTION — риторический вопрос Syn : academic question, hypothetical question
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RHETORICAL QUESTION — Риторический вопрос
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
RHETORICAL QUESTION — риторический вопрос Syn:academic question, hypothetical question
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
RHETORICAL QUESTION — риторический вопрос Syn: academic question , hypothetical question
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
RHETORICAL QUESTION — риторический вопрос Syn: academic question, hypothetical question
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
RHETORICAL QUESTION — риторический вопрос Syn : academic question, hypothetical question
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
RHETORICAL — retoric (-o)
English interlingue dictionary
RHETORICAL — also rhetoric adjective Date: 15th century 1. of, relating to, or concerned with rhetoric, employed for ~ effect, 2. given …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
QUESTION — I. ˈkwes(h)chən, ÷-eshən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English questioun, from Middle French question, from Latin quaestion-, quaestio, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RHETORICAL — rə̇ˈtȯrə̇kəl, -tär-, -rēk- adjective also rhe·tor·ic rə̇ˈtȯrik, -tär-, -rēk Etymology: rhetorical from Middle English, from Latin rhetoricus rhetorical (from Greek …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RHETORICAL — (a.) Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a …
Английский словарь Webster
RHETORICAL — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RHETORICAL — — rhetorically , adv. — rhetoricalness n. /ri tawr"i keuhl, -tor"-/ , adj. 1. used for, belonging to, or concerned …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
QUESTION — — questioner , n. /kwes"cheuhn/ , n. 1. a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RHETORICAL — adj. pertaining to rhetoric; bombastic, unnecessarily ornate
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
RHETORICAL — adjective also rhe·tor·ic ri-ˈtȯr-ik, -ˈtär- Date: 15th century 1. a. : of, relating to, or concerned with rhetoric b. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RHETORICAL — adj of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a …
Webster English vocab
QUESTION — vt to talk to; to converse with. 2. question ·noun talk; conversation; speech; speech. 3. question ·noun to ask questions; …
Webster English vocab
RHETORICAL — [rhe.tor.i.cal] also rhe.tor.ic adj (15c) 1 a: of, relating to, or concerned with rhetoric b: employed for rhetorical effect; esp: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RHETORICAL — rhetorical BrE AmE ri ˈtɒr ɪk ə l rə- AmE \ ri ˈtɔːr- -ˈtɑːr- ▷ rhetorical|ly ‿i ▶ rhe ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
QUESTION — question BrE AmE ˈkwes tʃ ə n ⇨ˈkweʃ-, -tjən ▷ question|ed d ▷ question|ing/ly ɪŋ/ li ▷ question|s z ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
RHETORICAL — / rɪˈtɒrɪkl; NAmE -ˈtɔːr-; -ˈtɑːr-/ adjective 1. ( of a question ) asked only to make a statement or to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
QUESTION — / ˈkwestʃən; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a sentence, phrase or word that asks …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RHETORICAL — rhe ‧ tor ‧ i ‧ cal /rɪˈtɒrɪk ə l $ -ˈtɔː-, -ˈtɑː-/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . rhetorical question …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
QUESTION — I. ques ‧ tion 1 S1 W1 /ˈkwestʃ ə n/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ question …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
QUESTION — n. & v. --n. 1 a sentence worded or expressed so as to seek information. 2 a doubt about or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RHETORICAL — adj. 1 expressed with a view to persuasive or impressive effect; artificial or extravagant in language. 2 of the nature …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
QUESTION — n. & v. n. 1 a sentence worded or expressed so as to seek information. 2 a doubt about or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RHETORICAL — adj.1 expressed with a view to persuasive or impressive effect; artificial or extravagant in language. 2 of the nature of …
Oxford English vocab
QUESTION — n. & v. --n. 1. a sentence worded or expressed so as to seek information. 2 a doubt about or …
Oxford English vocab
RHETORICAL — 1. A rhetorical question is one which is asked in order to make a statement rather than to get an …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
QUESTION — ( questions, questioning, questioned) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A question …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RHETORICAL — 1. A ~ question is one which is asked in order to make a statement rather than to get an …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
RHETORICAL — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a rhetorical question (= a question you ask without expecting an answer, in order to …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
QUESTION
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RHETORICAL — [adjective]An action or speech which is rhetorical is intended to seem important or persuasive.She threw her arms open in a …
Cambridge English vocab
QUESTION — (PROBLEM) [noun] [C] - any matter that needs to be dealt with or consideredThere is still the question of the …
Cambridge English vocab
QUESTION — Synonyms and related words : Chinese puzzle, Parthian shot, Pyrrhonism, absurd, address, affirmation, agonize over, allegation, answer, apostrophe, apprehension, approach, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
QUESTION — See: BEG THE QUESTION, BESIDE THE POINT or BESIDE THE QUESTION, BEYOND QUESTION also WITHOUT QUESTION, CALL IN QUESTION, IN …
Slang English vocab
RHETORICAL — adj. Function: adjective emphasizing style often at the expense of thought FF1C; the candidate was given to windy rhetorical speeches …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
RHETORICAL — adjective emphasizing style often at the expense of thought the candidate was given to windy rhetorical speeches Synonyms: aureate, bombastic, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
RHETORICAL — adj. Rhetorical is used with these nouns: ↑ convention , ↑ excess , ↑ flourish , ↑ gesture , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
RHETORICAL — adj. 25B6; adjective rhetorical devices : STYLISTIC, oratorical, linguistic, verbal. See list. rhetorical hyperbole : EXTRAVAGANT, grandiloquent, magniloquent, high-flown, orotund, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
RHETORICAL — adj. 1 stylistic, linguistic, poetic, expressive, oratorical Zeugma, hysteron proteron, and anacoluthon are all terms for rhetorical devices 2 artificial, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
QUESTION — n. 1 query, inquiry or enquiry I asked you a simple question, 'Where were you last night?', and I expect …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
RHETORICAL — прил. риторический rhetorical question ≈ риторический вопрос rhetorical accent ≈ риторическое ударение риторический - * effort речь, построенная по всем …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
QUESTION! — ~ вопрос; ask me no questions не задавайте мне вопросов; to put a question to задавать вопрос attitude ~ вопрос …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
QUESTION — 1. сущ. 1) а) вопрос (about, as to, concerning) to address, pose, put a question to smb. ≈ задавать вопрос …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RHETORICAL — rhetorical.ogg rıʹtɒrık(ə)l a 1. риторический rhetorical effort - речь, построенная по всем правилам ораторского искусства rhetorical question - риторический вопрос …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
QUESTION — question.ogg 1. ʹkwestʃ(ə)n n 1. вопрос leading question - наводящий вопрос ticklish question - щекотливый вопрос to put /to ask/ …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
RHETORICAL — прил.риторический rhetorical question — риторический вопрос rhetorical accent — риторическое ударение
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
QUESTION — question сущ.1) а) вопрос ( about, as to, concerning) to address, pose, put a question to smb. — задавать вопрос …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
RHETORICAL — a 1. риторический rhetorical effort - речь, построенная по всем правилам ораторского искусства rhetorical question - риторический вопрос a man …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
QUESTION — 1. ʹkwestʃ(ə)n n 1. вопрос leading question - наводящий вопрос ticklish question - щекотливый вопрос to put /to ask/ questions …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
RHETORICAL — прил. риторический rhetorical question — риторический вопрос rhetorical accent — риторическое ударение
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
QUESTION — 1. сущ. 1) а) вопрос ( about, as to, concerning ) to address, pose, put a question to smb. — …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
RHETORICAL — прил. риторический rhetorical question — риторический вопрос rhetorical accent — риторическое ударение
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
QUESTION — 1. сущ. 1) а) вопрос (about, as to, concerning) to address, pose, put a question to smb. — задавать вопрос кому-л. to answer, field, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
QUESTION — 1. _n. 1> вопрос; ask me no questions - не задавайте мне вопросов; to put a question to - задавать …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
QUESTION — 1. n. 1. вопрос; ask me no questions - не задавайте мне вопросов; to put a question to - задавать …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
QUESTION — 1. сущ. 1) вопрос, дело, проблема 2) сомнение 3) возражение • - beyond question - beyond question - brighten a question - clarify a question - clear a question - …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
QUESTION — 1. _n. 1> вопрос; ask me no questions не задавайте мне вопросов; to put a question to задавать вопрос {см. …
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