Question Definition
- Under consideration or discussion.
- Not worth considering because of being too difficult or impossible:
Starting over is out of the question.
- not related to the subject under discussion
- beyond dispute; without any doubt; certainly
- being considered, debated, etc.
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Question
- in question
- out of the question
- beside the question
- beyond (all) question
- in question
- out of the question
Origin of Question
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From Middle English question, questioun, questiun, from Anglo-Norman questiun, from Old French question, from Latin quaestionem, accusative of quaestio (“a seeking, investigation, inquiry, question"), from quaerere (“to seek, ask, inquire"). Displaced native Middle English frain, fraign (“question") (from Old English fræġn); compare Middle English frainen, freinen (“to inquire, question"), Middle English afrainen, affrainen (“to question").
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French legal inquiry from Latin quaestiō quaestiōn- from quaestus obsolete past participle of quaerere to ask, seek
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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