Synonyms: question, dubiousness, doubt, doubtfulness
Definition: uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something
Usage: the dubiousness of his claim; there is no question about the validity of the enterprise
Similar words: uncertainness, uncertainty, precariousness
Definition: being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
Usage: the uncertainty of the outcome; the precariousness of his income
Definition: the subject matter at issue
Usage: the question of disease merits serious discussion; under the head of minor Roman poets
Similar words: subject, topic, theme
Definition: the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
Usage: he didn't want to discuss that subject; it was a very sensitive topic; his letters were always on the theme of love
Synonyms: question
Definition: an informal reference to a marriage proposal
Usage: he was ready to pop the question
Similar words: proposal, proposal of marriage, marriage offer, marriage proposal
Definition: an offer of marriage
Definition: a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote
Usage: he made a motion to adjourn; she called for the question
Similar words: proposal
Definition: something proposed (such as a plan or assumption)
Synonyms: query, question, enquiry, inquiry, interrogation
Definition: an instance of questioning
Usage: there was a question about my training; we made inquiries of all those who were present
Similar words: questioning, inquiring
Definition: a request for information
Synonyms: question, interrogation, interrogative, interrogative sentence
Definition: a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
Usage: he asked a direct question; he had trouble phrasing his interrogations
Similar words: sentence
Definition: a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
Usage: he always spoke in grammatical sentences
Definition: pose a question
Similar words: ask
Definition: address a question to and expect an answer from
Usage: Ask your teacher about trigonometry; The children asked me about their dead grandmother
Synonyms: question, interrogate
Definition: pose a series of questions to
Usage: The suspect was questioned by the police; We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion
Similar words: ask
Definition: address a question to and expect an answer from
Usage: Ask your teacher about trigonometry; The children asked me about their dead grandmother
Definition: conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
Synonyms: call into question, question, oppugn
Definition: challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
Usage: We must question your judgment in this matter
Similar words: challenge
Definition: issue a challenge to
Usage: Fischer challenged Spassky to a match
Definition: place in doubt or express doubtful speculation
Usage: I wonder whether this was the right thing to do; she wondered whether it would snow tonight
Similar words: chew over, reflect, ponder, think over, speculate, ruminate, mull, mull over, muse, excogitate, contemplate, meditate
Definition: reflect deeply on a subject
Usage: I mulled over the events of the afternoon; philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years; The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate