See counterquestion in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "2007 March 9, Richard Sandomir, “Baseball Bends on TV Plan, but Doubts Linger”, in New York Times:",
"text": "This leads to a counterquestion — why can’t M.L.B. be happy to initiate its channel with a combined guaranteed 30 million subscribers?",
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "question that serves as a reply",
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],
"word": "wedervraag"
},
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"sense": "question that serves as a reply",
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "question that serves as a reply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "question that serves as a reply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Gegenfrage"
},
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "question that serves as a reply",
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"sense": "question that serves as a reply",
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"sense": "question that serves as a reply",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Gegenfrage"
},
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "question that serves as a reply",
"word": "protupitanje"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "question that serves as a reply",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "motfråga"
}
],
"word": "counterquestion"
}
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