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kwes chuhn

  • n  an instance of questioning
    there was a question about my training
  • n  the subject matter at issue
    the question of disease merits serious discussion
  • n  a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
    he asked a direct question
  • n  uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something
    there is no question about the validity of the enterprise
  • n  a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
    she called for the question
  • n  an informal reference to a marriage proposal
    he was ready to pop the question
  • v  challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
    We must question your judgment in this matter
  • v  pose a series of questions to
    The suspect was questioned by the police
    We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion
  • v  pose a question
  • v  conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
  • v  place in doubt or express doubtful speculation

  • Readers ask questions of newsmakers and celebrities.
  • The Oscar-winning actor answers readers' questions in a conversation with PTI's Kate Stinchfield.
  • This question, seen below, actually appeared on the May 2000 version of the math test.
Quotes

  • Barack Obama in San Francisco Chronicle
    What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them, that the stale political arguments no longer apply,Obama said. "The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it...
  • Charlie Crist in The Guardian
    It's pretty ugly, there's no question about it,Florida's governor, Charlie Crist, told reporters.
  • Vice President Dick Cheney in International Herald Tribune
    Told by reporters about the Taliban claim of responsibility for the attack, Cheney said: "I think they clearly try to find ways to question the authority of the central government. Striking at Bagram with a suicide bomber, I suppose, is one way to...

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