question

noun

1 you didn't answer my question:

inquiry, query;

interrogation, examination;

British, informal quiz, quizzing.

▷antonyms answer, response.

2 there is no question that he is ill:

doubt, dispute, argument, debate, uncertainty, dubiousness, controversy, reservation;

rare dubiety.

▷antonyms certainty.

3 it is a question of trust | he wrote essays on the principal political questions of the day:

issue, matter, business, problem, point at issue, point, concern, subject, topic, theme, item, case, proposal, proposition, debate, argument, dispute, bone of contention, controversy.

□ beyond question

1 her loyalty is really beyond question:

undoubted, beyond doubt, without doubt, certain, indubitable, indisputable, irrefutable, incontestable, incontrovertible, unquestionable, undeniable, unmistakable, clear, patent, manifest, obvious, palpable.

▷antonyms in doubt.

2 the results demonstrated beyond question that gas accumulated in some quantity:

indisputably, irrefutably, incontestably, incontrovertibly, unquestionably, undeniably, undoubtedly, beyond doubt, without doubt, certainly, indubitably, unmistakably, clearly, patently, manifestly, obviously, palpably.

□ in question

the matter in question:

at issue, being discussed, under discussion, under consideration, on the agenda, for debate, to be discussed, to be decided.

□ out of the question

going back to the railway station was out of the question:

impossible, beyond the bounds of possibility, impracticable, unattainable, unachievable, not feasible, not worth considering, unworkable, unobtainable, inconceivable, unthinkable, unimaginable, unrealizable, unsuitable;

beyond one, hopeless, absurd, ridiculous, preposterous, outrageous, ludicrous, beyond the realm of reason;

informal not on.

verb

1 the magistrate may question the suspect and other witnesses:

interrogate, ask questions of, put questions to, cross-examine, cross-question, quiz, probe, canvass, catechize, interview, debrief, sound out, examine, give the third degree to;

informal grill, pump.

2 she should question his motives:

query, call in/into question, doubt, raise/entertain doubts about, throw doubt on, have/harbour/express suspicions about, suspect, feel uneasy about, have/harbour/express reservations about, challenge, dispute, cast aspersions on, object to, raise objections to.

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interrogative relating to questions

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