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question

noun
/ˈkwɛs.tʃən/UK/ˈkwɛʃ.tən/US/ˈkʋɛs.tʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English questioun, from Anglo-Norman questiun, from Old French question, from Latin quaestiōnem, accusative of quaestiō (“a seeking, investigation, inquiry, question”), from quaerere (“to seek, ask, inquire”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”). Partially displaced native Old English āscung. Compare also Middle Low German quēstie (“questioning; inquiry”), Middle High German questje (“question”). Cognates include English quest.

  1. derived from *kʷeh₂-✻
  2. derived from *kʷaizeō✻
  3. derived from quaestiōnem
  4. derived from question
  5. derived from questiun
  6. inherited from questioun

Definitions

  1. A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for…

    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. ›+ 7 more definitions

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

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

    2. Interrogation by torture.

      • 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.

    3. Talk

      Talk; conversation; speech.

      • Made she no verbal question?

    4. To ask questions of

      To ask questions of; to interrogate; to ask for information.

      • Yet he lingered in Perryville with the determination of seeing Ruth, and questioning her about Helen Murray's letters.
      • Another former resident noticed the car because it was new and upscale and no one ever came back to question him. This points to serious flaws in the investigation from the beginning.

    5. To raise doubts about

      To raise doubts about; have doubts about.

      • Question things. I have the most fun when I'm writing questioning things that people do not question- the assumptions that everybody knows are true.
      • He questioned South Korean claims that China is a major source of its pollution.

    6. To ask a question or questions

      To ask a question or questions; inquire or seek to know; examine.

      • He that questioneth much shall learn much.

    7. To argue

      To argue; to converse; to dispute.

      • I pray you, think you question with the Jew.

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at question. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at question. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at question

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA