questionnoun詞源 1/ˈkwɛs.tʃən/

• 1

  A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.

  • What is your question?
  • I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.
• 2

  A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.

  • The question of seniority will be discussed at the meeting.
  • There was a question of which material to use.
• 3

  A doubt or challenge about the truth, accuracy, or validity of a matter.

  • His claim to the property has come under question.
  • The story is true beyond question.
• 4

  A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.

  • I move that the question be put to a vote.
• 5

  archaichistoricalInterrogation by torture.

  • I, not at all ambitious of the crown of martyrdom, resolved to temporize: so that, when I was brought to the question the second time, I made a solemn recantation […]
  • The Scottish privy council had power to put state prisoners to the question.
• 6

  obsoleteTalk; conversation; speech.

  • Made she no verbal question?

questionverb詞源 2/ˈkwɛs.tʃən/

• 1

  To ask questions of; to interrogate; to ask for information.

  • Yet he lingered in Perryville with the determination of seeing Ruth, and questioning her about Helen Murray's letters.
  • However, a Carlisle newspaper got hold of the story, and at the half-yearly meeting of the Caledonian Railway Company, held on March 17, 1863, a shareholder, Mr. Meiklem, questioned the Chairman, Lt.-Col. Salkeld, regarding a "Chase of Engines," described in the newspaper article. The Chairman admitted that the statements made in the article were perfectly true.
• 2

  To raise doubts about; have doubts about.

  • Question things. I have the most fun when I'm writing questioning things that people do not question- the assumptions that everybody knows are true.
  • He questioned South Korean claims that China is a major source of its pollution.
• 3

  To ask a question or questions; inquire or seek to know; examine.

  • He that questioneth much shall learn much.
• 4

  obsoleteTo argue; to converse; to dispute.

  • I pray you, think you question with the Jew.