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Definition of Question
Ques´tion | n. | 1. | The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer. | | 2. | Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as, the story is true beyond question; he obeyed without question. | | 3. | Examination with reference to a decisive result; investigation; specifically, a judicial or official investigation; also, examination under torture. | | 4. | That which is asked; inquiry; interrogatory; query. | | 5. | Hence, a subject of investigation, examination, or debate; theme of inquiry; matter to be inquired into; as, a delicate or doubtful question. | | 6. | Talk; conversation; speech; speech. | | v. i. | 1. | To ask questions; to inquire. | | 2. | To argue; to converse; to dispute. | | v. t. | 1. | To inquire of by asking questions; to examine by interrogatories; as, to question a witness. | | 2. | To doubt of; to be uncertain of; to query. | | 3. | To raise a question about; to call in question; to make objection to. | | 4. | To talk to; to converse with. |
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