question
ques
ˈkwɛs
kves
tion
ʧən
chēn
/ˈkwɛsʧən/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "question"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ

a sentence, phrase, or word, used to ask for information or to test someone’s knowledge
question definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I 'm preparing for the exam by reviewing past questions.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ, āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž

the subject or topic being discussed, considered, or debated
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The main question in the meeting was how to allocate resources.
āϏāĻ­āĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻĻā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻš, āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāϝāĻŧāϤāĻž

a state of doubt about truth or existence
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ, āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāϰ āĻĻāϰāĻ–āĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤ

a marriage proposal
Informal
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻš āĻ•āϰāĻž

to have or express uncertainty about something
Transitive: to question sth
to question definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The students questioned the accuracy of the textbook's information and sought additional sources for verification.
āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāϰāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§āϝāĻĒ⧁āĻ¸ā§āϤāϕ⧇āϰ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āϤāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϝāĻžāϚāĻžāχāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to officially ask someone a series of questions about something
Transitive: to question sb | to question sb about sth
to question definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The detective questioned the witness to gather more information about the crime.
āĻ—ā§‹āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻžāϧ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώ⧀āϕ⧇ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to inquire or seek information
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When faced with uncertainty, it's natural to question.
āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāϝāĻŧāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§€āύ āĻšāϞ⧇, āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

questionable
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