question
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈkwɛs.tʃən/
- Formal
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cuestión
- Which prompts the question, what will come next?
- research question
- raise the question
- address the question
I look, I think part of the question is it's not.
- I look, I think part of the question is it's not.
- Let's start with a big question of truth and wisdom.
- So, you know, the question here is about race.
- So the real question is, how did this work?
- Which prompts the question, what will come next?
- So you might have to answer the tough question, who are we?
- This leads to one last question which gets raised.
- Now, Clayton, this brings up the question, is network TV dead?
- And that begs the question, what is it doing?
- I don't like to discuss these questions of terms.
Examples
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So I will take one question from Twitter first.
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So the real question is, how did this work?
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Today we take up the question with your help.
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Well, now we should ask the question, what good is this?
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So that gets us to this question of speed.
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So, you know, the question here is about race.
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In my opinion, this is really the key question that we need to address.
Academic text (2017) -
I was gonna ask you the same question.
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Now, Clayton, this brings up the question, is network TV dead?
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The teacher raised an important question about environmental sustainability during the discussion.
Synonyms
∞
3.0
An important topic or problem people discuss
∞
2.7
A topic that people discuss or think about
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2.1
A subject people talk about in a conversation
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3.4
The thing people are talking about now
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Etymology
Question comes from the Latin verb quaerere 'to seek' and is like quest, a search for an answer; it can mean the subject people are trying to find out about. So a question can be the topic under discussion.