interrogative
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- noun
- /ˌɪntəˈrɑːɡətɪv/
- Specialized
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interrogativo
- Teachers often emphasize the importance of interrogative sentences in encouraging critical thinking.
Examples
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OK, what are the five interrogative question words?
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Across the three delineated groups A, B, and C, the incidence rates for imperatives, exhortations, and interrogatives remain remarkably constant.
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Question 3, the first open response interrogative, asked children to name their two favorite colors.
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For example, never underestimate the power of the interrogative.
Academic text (2009) -
Markers suggest the perspective of the protagonist here, but the voice really emerges with the interrogatives in the final lines.
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Yet, as indicated, these studies did not extend their research scope into an extensive question set, illustrating a few arbitrary examples. Categorizations of questions in these studies were primarily based on different types of interrogatives.
Academic text (2014) -
Footings are a complex register of linguistic markers, including interrogatives, modals, and pronouns, that constitute a stance toward the reader.
Academic text (1994) -
While utilizing the interrogatives of questions can be an effective tool for eliciting an inquirer's needs, it is inadequate as the sole component of such elicitation.
Academic text (2014) -
An interrogative is essential for forming questions like, "What time is the meeting?"
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In grammar, an interrogative refers to words like "who," "what," or "where," used to seek information.
Synonyms
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A sentence or phrase used to ask for information
A sentence that asks a question and waits for an answer
Compounds
- Specialized
A way to make a sentence that asks a question, like 'Are you coming?'
How Questioning
Surface Forms
Morphology
interrogative = interrogate (semi-transparent) = inter + rog + ative
The transformation from 'interrogate' to 'interrogative' is clear, but the specific grammatical meaning may not be immediately obvious.
Etymology
Interrogative comes from the Latin parts inter- ('between') and rogare ('to ask'), and you can see the same root in interrogate. So an interrogative is a word or sentence that asks a question and needs an answer.