"polar question" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: polar questions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} polar question (plural polar questions)
  1. (linguistics) A question which has only two possible responses: yes (affirmative) or no (negative). Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: yes-no question Hypernyms: closed question Coordinate_terms: open question, multiple-choice question
    Sense id: en-polar_question-en-noun-MX8ETUL1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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