Definition of "question" in İngilizce

noun

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.

   • What is your question?
   • 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!

2. A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.

   • 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.

3. A doubt or challenge about the truth, accuracy, or validity of a matter.

   • His claim to the property has come under question.
   • The story is true beyond question.
   • He obeyed without question.

4. A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.

   • I move that the question be put to a vote.

5. (now archaic, historical, chiefly with definite article) Interrogation by torture.

6. (obsolete) Talk; conversation; speech.

verb

1. (transitive) To ask questions of; to interrogate; to ask for information.

2. (transitive) To raise doubts about; have doubts about.

   • He questioned South Korean claims that China is a major source of its pollution.

3. (intransitive) To ask a question or questions; inquire or seek to know; examine.

4. (intransitive, obsolete) To argue; to converse; to dispute.