"question" meaning in Englisch

See question in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: ˈkwɛst͡ʃən, ˈkwɛst͡ʃəns Audio: En-us-question.ogg Forms: the question [singular], the questions [plural]
  1. Frage
    Sense id: de-question-en-noun-ZcdbLLrs
  2. Zweifel
    Sense id: de-question-en-noun-XDg-ypfH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: inquiry, enquiry, query, subject, topic, problem, issue, doubt Translations (Frage): Frage [feminine] (Deutsch), question [feminine] (Französisch) Translations (Zweifel): Zweifel [masculine] (Deutsch)

Verb

IPA: ˈkwɛst͡ʃən Audio: En-us-question.ogg Forms: simple present I, you, they, simple present question, he questions, she questions, it questions, simple past questioned, present participle questioning, past participle questioned
  1. jemanden befragen, verhören oder abfragen
    Sense id: de-question-en-verb--4OFwAYl
  2. etwas bezweifeln, anzweifeln, an etwas Zweifel haben
    Sense id: de-question-en-verb-mncQQiaV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ask, interrogate, doubt Translations (etwas bezweifeln, anzweifeln, an etwas Zweifel haben): bezweifeln (Deutsch) Translations (jemanden befragen, verhören oder abfragen): befragen (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "text": "To be or not to be, that is the question.",
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        }
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          "text": "There is no question about.",
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    },
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      "word": "enquiry"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "query"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "subject"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "topic"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "problem"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "issue"
    },
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      "sense_index": "2",
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    }
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  "word": "question"
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      "kind": "other",
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    },
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      "form": "simple present question"
    },
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    {
      "form": "she questions"
    },
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      "form": "it questions"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple past questioned"
    },
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      "form": "present participle questioning"
    },
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      "form": "past participle questioned"
    }
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      "sense_index": "1",
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      "lang_code": "de",
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      "word": "inquiry"
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "enquiry"
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    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "query"
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    {
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Frage",
      "sense_index": "1",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "Frage"
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      "sense": "Frage",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "question"
    },
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      "sense": "Zweifel",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zweifel"
    }
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  "word": "question"
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    "Wiktionary:Audio-Datei",
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      "form": "simple present I, you, they"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple present question"
    },
    {
      "form": "he questions"
    },
    {
      "form": "she questions"
    },
    {
      "form": "it questions"
    },
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      "form": "simple past questioned"
    },
    {
      "form": "present participle questioning"
    },
    {
      "form": "past participle questioned"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "jemanden befragen, verhören oder abfragen"
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        "etwas bezweifeln, anzweifeln, an etwas Zweifel haben"
      ],
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    }
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      "word": "ask"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "interrogate"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "jemanden befragen, verhören oder abfragen",
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      "word": "befragen"
    },
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "etwas bezweifeln, anzweifeln, an etwas Zweifel haben",
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      "word": "bezweifeln"
    }
  ],
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}

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