interrogative sentence
- noun
- /ˌɪntəˈrɒɡətɪv ˈsɛntəns/
- Specialized
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oración interrogativa
- To convert the statement into an interrogative sentence, you would ask, "Are you coming to the party?"
Examples
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An interrogative sentence, such as "What time is the meeting?" asks for specific information and ends with a question mark.
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When we formed an interrogative sentence like "Is it raining outside?", we expected an answer in response.
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In linguistic terms, this contrast ("judgment passed" versus "judgment suspended") corresponds to the structural and semantic differences between declarative and interrogative sentences.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
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1.0
A sentence or phrase used to ask for information
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A word or sentence that asks a question
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'interrogative' (used to form questions) + 'sentence' (a grammatical unit) yields 'a sentence that asks a question.' This follows standard noun phrase composition and is cross‑linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Interrogative sentence comes from an old word meaning 'to ask', so the interrogative part points to asking and the sentence part means a complete thought. It names a sentence that asks a question and usually ends with a 'question mark', so it asks for an answer.