the subject matter at issue
communication noun (communicative processes and contents)
questions
the question of disease merits serious discussion
Anglo-French questiun, Old French question "legal inquest", from Latin...
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a linguistic expression used to make a request for information, or the request made using such an expression. The information requested may be provided in the form of an answer. Questions have developed a range of uses that go beyond the simple... (42 of 2946 words, 1 image)
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may be either a linguistic expression used to make a request for information, or the request itself. Question, The Question or ... | "Question" (short story), a 1955 story by Isaac Asimov | "A Question" (poem), a 1942 poem by Robert Frost | La Question... (42 of 311 words, 25 definitions)
a form of words addressed to a person in order to elicit information or evoke a response; interrogative sentence | a point at issue, | a difficulty or ... (26 of 662 words, 19 definitions, 15 usage examples, pronunciation)
[countable] something that someone asks you when they want information ; a ... | [countable] an issue that needs to be discussed and dealt with | ... (24 of 518 words, 14 definitions, 26 usage examples, pronunciation)
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if the police question someone, they ask them questions to find out what ... | to have or express doubts about something (21 of 152 words, 2 definitions, 7 usage examples, pronunciation)
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a sentence worded or expressed so as to elicit information | a doubt about the truth or validity of something | the raising of a doubt about or ... (26 of 514 words, 15 definitions, 22 usage examples, pronunciation)
an interrogative expression often used to test knowledge ; an interrogative ... | an act or instance of asking; "inquiry" ; "interrogation" ; also, a ... (24 of 287 words, 2 definitions, 3 usage examples, pronunciation)
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to ask a question of or about | to interrogate intensively; "cross-examine" | "doubt", "dispute" ; to subject to analysis; "examine" | to ask ... (21 of 174 words, 4 definitions)
a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply. | a problem for discussion or under discussion; a ... (24 of 286 words, 20 definitions, 6 usage examples, pronunciation)
An expression of inquiry that invites or calls for a reply. | An interrogative sentence, phrase, or gesture. | A subject or point open to controversy; ... (24 of 138 words, 13 definitions, 2 usage examples, pronunciation)
an asking; inquiry | something that is asked; interrogative sentence, as in seeking to learn or in testing another's knowledge; query | doubt; ... (21 of 137 words, 11 definitions, 2 usage examples, pronunciation)
a sentence or phrase used to find out information | in an examination, a problem that tests a person's knowledge or ability (21 of 83 words, 2 definitions, 5 usage examples, pronunciation)
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any matter that needs to be dealt with or considered | doubt or confusion | "sb/sth in question": [formal] the person or thing that is being discussed (25 of 99 words, 3 definitions, 7 usage examples, pronunciation)
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to ask a person about something, especially officially | to express doubts about the value of something or whether something is true (21 of 89 words, 2 definitions, 5 usage examples, pronunciation)
A sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative. | A subject or topic for consideration or investigation. | An unknown. | A doubt or challenge about the truth or accuracy of a matter. | A proposal to a meeting... (41 of 76 words, 7 definitions, 5 usage examples, pronunciations)
in the Byzantine Empire, originally, a military unit stationed in a provincial area; in the 7th century the name was applied to large military ... (24 of 205 words)
a request for information or for a reply, which usually ends with a question mark if written or on a rising intonation if spoken | a doubt or ... (27 of 550 words, 7 definitions, pronunciation)
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First use: about 1300
Origin: Anglo-French questiun, Old French question "legal inquest", from Latin quæstionem (nominative quæstio) "a seeking, ... (16 of 55 etymology words)
Origin: Middle English question, questioun, questiun, from Anglo-Norman questiun, from Old French question, from Latin quaestionem, accusative of quaestio ("a seeking, investigation, inquiry, question"), from quaerere ... (25 of 54 etymology words)
Origin: Middle English from Anglo-French questiun from Old French ... | Late Middle English questyonen from Middle French questionner from the noun (20 of 31 etymology words)
Origin: Middle English, from Old French, legal inquiry, from Latin quaestiō, quaestiōn-, from *quaestus, obsolete past participle of quaerere, to ask, seek.
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French question (noun), questionner (verb), from Latin quaestio(n-), from quaerere "ask, seek"
First use: 13th century
Origin: via Old French from Latin quaestiō, from quaerere to seek
First use: 14th century
Origin: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin quaestion-, quaestio, from quaerere to seek, ask
First use: 13th century
Origin: French from Latin quaestion- "inquiry" from past participle of quaerere "seek"
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