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say it: KWES-chuhn
question is a noun and verb meaning "an instance of questioning". It carries 11 recorded senses.
an instance of questioning
“there was a question about my training”
“we made inquiries of all those who were present”
the subject matter at issue
“the question of disease merits serious discussion”
“under the head of minor Roman poets”
a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
“he asked a direct question”
“he had trouble phrasing his interrogations”
uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something
“the dubiousness of his claim”
“there is no question about the validity of the enterprise”
an informal reference to a marriage proposal
“he was ready to pop the question”
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
“We must question your judgment in this matter”
pose a series of questions to
“The suspect was questioned by the police”
“We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for question come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.