in question
150
5.8
- idiom
:
en cuestión
- The matter in question requires further investigation to clarify the details.
- the person in question
- the goods in question
- the service in question
But these are the products in question today, Pixie.
- But these are the products in question today, Pixie.
- The dollar or the currency in question in that case keeps going down.
- And Israel Folau, who was the rugby player in question, put up on his Instagram.
- Now the monster in question is former President Mango Unchained.
- What did get resolved however is that the very study in question was retracted.
- Understandably, I can't mention the product or the bank in question for the sake of confidentiality.
- Now Aristotle says about these the actual deed in the cases in question is done voluntarily.
- So do you think that this man stole the painting in question?
- And yeah, I just think that's that's always in question.
- And then only the, then the second-half is what's in question.
- And then he also says, let's also ask whose happiness is in question.
Examples
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But yes, the book in question is City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett.
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Second, the subject's basic ability to perform the task in question must also be considered.
Academic text (1991) -
The object in question is this.
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So what kind of mistake is the one in question in this case?
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Did you know the lady in question?
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Now, Colonel, suppose you tell the court what happened on the day in question.
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" When did you first see the young woman in question? " " The day before yesterday."
Fiction book (1993) -
The patient in question was showing signs of improvement.
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Judge, here's exhibit A, the contract in question.
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At the time, the reactors in question had a projected lifetime of about 25 years.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
149
2.8
Not known for sure and likely to change
90
6.5
Not clearly true or trustworthy and causing doubt
89
1.5
Not confident or certain about what to do
38
3.0
Not likely to be true or real
1
9.9
Not sure what will happen or what people will decide
Not clearly true or certain
Antonyms
How Certain
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'being under doubt or suspicion' is directly built from 'question' (doubt, uncertainty) with the preposition 'in' marking a state or condition, following the common pattern 'in + [noun]' (e.g., in doubt, in trouble). This composition is cross-linguistically common and therefore a typical B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
In question comes from the simple idea of being the thing people ask about: when something is under a question, people are unsure about it. So, in question means 'in doubt' or 'not yet certain'.