"closed question" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: closed questions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} closed question (plural closed questions)
  1. a question that can only be responded to with a set number of answers (typically 'yes' and 'no') Synonyms: close-ended question Related terms: polar question, yes-no question, multiple-choice question Translations (Translations): pregunta tancada [feminine] (Catalan), suljettu kysymys (Finnish), question fermée [feminine] (French), geschlossene Frage [feminine] (German), pytanie zamknięte [neuter] (Polish), întrebare închisă [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-closed_question-en-noun-fDDzj-sl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "word": "pregunta tancada"
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      "code": "fi",
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