OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 10739

question

/ˈkwɛs.tʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cuestión • interrogante • pregunta
A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
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…
What is your question?
asunto • cuestión • tema • tópico
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.
cuestión • duda • incógnita • interrogante
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.
asunto • cuestión • moción • tema
A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
I move that the question be put to a vote.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 10740

question

/ˈkwɛs.tʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
consultar • cuestionar • interpelar • interrogar • preguntar
To ask questions of; to interrogate; to ask for information.
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, questione…
Yet he lingered in Perryville with the determination of seeing Ruth, and questioning her about Helen Murray's letters.
cuestionar • dudar • poner en tela de juicio
To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
He questioned South Korean claims that China is a major source of its pollution.
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.