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n.
query
1) to ask (smb.) a ~; to ask a ~ of smb.
2) to address, pose, put a ~ to smb.
3) to bring up, raise a ~
4) to answer, field, reply to, respond to a ~ (the senator fielded all ~s expertly)
5) to beg ('evade') the ~
6) to parry smb.'s ~s
7) an academic, hypothetical, rhetorical; awkward, embarrassing, sticky, ticklish; blunt, direct; civil ('polite'); debatable, moot; irrelevant; leading; loaded, tricky; pointed; probing; relevant; thorny ~
8) an essay ~ (on an examination)
9) an examination, test ~
10) a ~ about, as to, concerning
matter being discussed
11) to put the ~ ('to vote on the matter being discussed')
12) a burning; controversial; crucial; explosive; open; vexed ( esp. BE ) ~
13) ( misc. ) ( colloq. ) to pop the ~ ('to propose marriage')
vote
(parliamentary procedure)
14) to put a matter to the ~
doubt
dispute
15) to clear up, resolve a ~
16) beyond all ~
17) in, into ~ (to come into ~; to call smt. into ~)
misc.
18) out of the ~ ('impossible')
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v. ( D ; tr. ) to ~ about (the police ~ed her about her activities)