RHETORICAL QUESTION

Meaning of RHETORICAL QUESTION in English

a question asked solely to produce an effect or to make an assertion and not to elicit a reply, as "What is so rare as a day in June?"

[ 1835-45 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

RHETORICAL QUESTION — noun : a question not intended to elicit an answer but asked for rhetorical effect often with an assumption that …
Webster's New International 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. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера

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