Meaning of question | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
2. question (sentence that asks for information)
3. To ask questions.
4. third-person singular present indicative
5. A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
6. A doubt or challenge about the truth, accuracy, or validity of a matter.
7. Under consideration or discussion.
8. second-person singular imperative
9. A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
10. Not worth considering because of being too difficult or impossible: Starting over is out of the question.
11. Interrogation by torture.
    archaic, historical, with-definite-article
12. twyfelagtig بِصورَةٍ مَشْكوك فيها съмнително discutivelmente problematicky fragwürdig tvivlsomt αμφίβολα de manera cuestionable/discutible/dudosa kahtlaselt بطور مشکوک epäilyttävästi de manière contestable בְּסָפֵק संदिग्धता से, अनिश्चितता से upitno vitatható módon secara meragukan umdeilanlega in maniera discutibile 疑わしく 의심스럽게 įtartinai apšaubāmi dengan cara yang diragui twijfelachtigtvilsomt, problematisk wątpliwie مشکوک discutivelmente (în mod) discutabil сомнительно sporne sporno sporno t...
13. Talk; conversation; speech.
    obsolete
14. aanvegbaarheid مَشْكوكِيَّه، إحْتِمالِيَّة الشَّك съмнителност questão pochybnost die Fragwürdigkeit tvivlsomhed η ιδιότητα του αμφίβολου, του αμφισβητήσιμου carácter cuestionable/discutible/dudoso kaheldavus, küsitavus مشکوک بودن kyseenalaisuus caractère douteux לִהיוֹת מוּטָל בְּסָפֵק असंदिग्ध upitnost vminek kérdéses volta keraguan e-ð sem er vafasamt discutibilità 疑わしさ 의심스러움 įtartinumas šaubīgums dengan cara yang diragui twijfelachtigheidtvilsomhet; usikkerhet wątpliwy charakter مشکوک que...
15. used in writing to indicate a question. vraagteken عَلامَة سُؤال въпросителен знак ponto de interrogação otazník das Fragezeichen spørgsmålstegn ερωτηματικόsigno de interrogación; interrogante küsimärk علامت سئوال kysymysmerkki point d'interrogation סִימָן שְׁאֵלָה प्रश्नचिह्न upitnik kérdőjel tanda tanya (?) spurningarmerki punto interrogativo 疑問符 물음표 klaustukas jautājuma zīme tanda soal vraagtekenspørsmålstegn pytajnik د پوښتنی نښه؟ ponto de interrogaçao semnul întrebării вопросительный зна...
16. a person who asks the questions in eg a quiz. vraesteller الشَّخْص الذي يُوَجِّه الأسْئِلَه في المُسابَقَه човек задаващ въпроси в състезание apresentador konferenciér, -ka der/die Fragesteller(in) quizvært το πρόσωπο που θέτει τις ερωτήσεις (π.χ. σε ένα κουίζ) presentador de un concurso viktoriinijuht پرسشگر tietokilpailun isäntä animateur/-trice חִידוֹנַאי क्विज मास्टर, प्रश्नकर्त्ता postavljač pitanja u kvizu játékvezető pembawa acara kuis stjórnandi í spurningakeppni (presentatore/present...
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17. a written list of questions to be answered by a large number of people to provide information for a survey or report. vraelys إسْتِجْواب، إسْتِفهام، مَجموعَة أسْئِلَه ، نَموذَج أسْئِلَه въпросник questionário dotazník der Fragebogen spørgeskema ερωτηματολόγιοcuestionario küsimustik پرسشنامه kyselylomake questionnaireשאלון प्रश्नावली, प्रश्नमाला upitnik kérdőív angket spurningalisti questionario アンケート 질문서 anketa, apklausas, klausimynas anketa soal selidik vragenlijstspørreskjemakwestionariusz ...
18. being talked about. The matter in question can be left till next week. onder bespreking الذي نَحْنُ بِصَدَدِهِ، الذي نَتَكَلَّم عنه под въпрос em questão příslušný, sporný die zur Debatte stehende Sache pågældende υπό συζήτηση en cuestión kõnealune مورد بحث olla kyseenalainen en question הַנִידוֹן विचाराधीन, विवादास्पद u pitanju, predmetni szóban forgó yang dibicarakan sem er til umræðu in questione 問題の 문제의 aptariamas, svarstomas minēts; apspriežams yang sedang dibincangkan in kwestieaktuell,...
19. not to be thought of as possible; not to be done. It is quite out of the question for you to go out tonight. buite die kwessie خارِج عَن المَوضوع изключено fora de questão vyloučeno außer Frage udelukket αδύνατον, αποκλείεται imposible; ni hablar ei tule kõne allagi غیر ممکن ei tulla kysymykseen hors de question לא בָּא בְּחֶשבּוֹן असंभव ne dolazi u obzir szóba sem jöhet tidak mungkin kemur ekki til mála fuori questione, impossibile 問題外で 문제가 되지 않는 negali būti ir kalbos pilnīgi izslēgts tidak ...

Equivalents

Examples

“What is your question?”

“I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.”

“Can I ask you two a question? / Please, Christ, yes. / How can you two live like this? / How can... / Don't google the question, Moss!”

“The question of seniority will be discussed at the meeting.”

“There was a question of which material to use.”

“I've ordered it all, but there’s still the question of who’s going to pay.”

“The question of the plausibility of the counter-factual is seen as key in all three discussions of allohistorical fiction (as it is in Demandt's and Ferguson's examinations of allohistory) (cf. Rodiek 25–26; Ritter 15–16; Helbig 32).”

“His claim to the property has come under question.”

“The story is true beyond question.”

“He obeyed without question.”

“There arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.”

“It is to be to question, whether it be lawful for Christian princes or states to make an invasive war, only and simply for the propagation of the faith.”

“The pandemic has not only caused an immediate fall in ticket revenues for the world’s public transit networks—rail ridership in Barcelona, Moscow, Beijing and New York City at times plummeting 80%—in some cities it also has thrown into question the future of mass urban transportation.”

“I move that the question be put to a vote.”

“I, not at all ambitious of the crown of martyrdom, resolved to temporize: so that, when I was brought to the question the second time, I made a solemn recantation […]”

“The Scottish privy council had power to put state prisoners to the question.”

“Made she no verbal question?”

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