question
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
How often you will meet it
Rank 407 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 49,351 times across 173,643 chapters — 0.023% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of also: oppugn, call into question We must question your judgment in this matter
- pose a series of questions to also: interrogate The suspect was questioned by the policeWe questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion
- pose a question also: query
- conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting also: interview
- place in doubt or express doubtful speculation also: wonder I wonder whether this was the right thing to doshe wondered whether it would snow tonight
noun
- an instance of questioning also: inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation there was a question about my trainingwe made inquiries of all those who were present
- the subject matter at issue also: head the question of disease merits serious discussionunder the head of minor Roman poets
- a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply also: interrogation, interrogative, interrogative sentence he asked a direct questionhe had trouble phrasing his interrogations
question in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The question is, what can I do?
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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How to get the holy water was the question.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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Hardly could there have been put by anyone a more difficult question.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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Occasionally she referred to her husband over a question of days or dates.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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He knocked his shins badly on a quite visible railing and it was out of the question to say a single word.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1