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questioning
Overview of noun questioning
The noun questioning has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (6) questioning, inquiring -- (a request for information)
Overview of verb question
The verb question has 5 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (17) question, oppugn, call into question -- (challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of; "We must question your judgment in this matter")
2. (14) interrogate, question -- (pose a series of questions to; "The suspect was questioned by the police"; "We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion")
3. (5) question, query -- (pose a question)
4. (3) interview, question -- (conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting)
5. (2) wonder, question -- (place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight")
Overview of adj questioning
The adj questioning has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) questioning, quizzical -- (perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know); "he had a quizzical expression")
2. doubting, questioning, skeptical, sceptical -- (marked by or given to doubt; "a skeptical attitude"; "a skeptical listener")
3. inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering -- (showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun questioning
1 sense of questioning
Sense 1
questioning, inquiring
=> request, asking
=> speech act
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun questioning
1 sense of questioning
Sense 1
questioning, inquiring
=> challenge
=> question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation
=> interrogation, examination, interrogatory
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun questioning
1 sense of questioning
Sense 1
questioning, inquiring
=> request, asking
Antonyms of noun questioning
Member Holonyms of noun questioning
Substance Holonyms of noun questioning
Part Holonyms of noun questioning
Member Meronyms of noun questioning
Substance Meronyms of noun questioning
Part Meronyms of noun questioning
Meronyms of noun questioning
Holonyms of noun questioning
Attributes of noun questioning
Derived Forms of noun questioning
1 sense of questioning
Sense 1
questioning, inquiring
RELATED TO>(verb) question#2
=> interrogate, question
RELATED TO>(verb) question#3
=> question, query
Domain of noun questioning
Domain Terms of noun questioning
Familiarity of noun questioning
questioning used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun questioning
1 sense of questioning
Sense 1
questioning, inquiring
> request, asking
=> notification, notice
=> wish, indirect request
=> invitation
=> entreaty, prayer, appeal
=> prayer, petition, orison
=> call
=> charge, billing
=> trick or treat
=> questioning, inquiring
=> order
=> recall, callback
Meronyms of noun questioning
1 sense of questioning
Holonyms of noun questioning
Grep of noun questioning
line of questioning
questioning
Antonyms of verb question
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb question
5 senses of question
Sense 1
question, oppugn, call into question
=> challenge
=> invite, bid
=> request
=> ask
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
=> convey, transmit, communicate
=> transfer
=> move, displace
Sense 2
interrogate, question
=> ask
=> address, turn to
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 3
question, query
=> ask
=> address, turn to
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 4
interview, question
=> converse, discourse
=> talk, speak
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 5
wonder, question
=> chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb question
2 of 5 senses of question
Sense 3
question, query
=> wonder, inquire, enquire
=> interpellate
=> examine
=> pump
=> check out, sound out, feel out
=> debrief
Sense 5
wonder, question
=> scruple
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb question
5 senses of question
Sense 1
question, oppugn, call into question
=> challenge
Sense 2
interrogate, question
=> ask
Sense 3
question, query
=> ask
Sense 4
interview, question
=> converse, discourse
Sense 5
wonder, question
=> chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
'Cause To' of verb question
Derived Forms of verb question
5 senses of question
Sense 1
question, oppugn, call into question
RELATED TO>(noun) question#4
=> doubt, dubiousness, doubtfulness, question
Sense 2
interrogate, question
RELATED TO>(noun) question#3
=> question, interrogation, interrogative, interrogative sentence
RELATED TO>(noun) question#1
=> question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation
RELATED TO>(noun) questioning#1
=> questioning, inquiring
Sense 3
question, query
RELATED TO>(noun) question#3
=> question, interrogation, interrogative, interrogative sentence
RELATED TO>(noun) question#1
=> question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation
RELATED TO>(noun) questioner#1
=> inquirer, enquirer, questioner, querier, asker
RELATED TO>(noun) questioning#1
=> questioning, inquiring
Sense 4
interview, question
RELATED TO>(noun) question#1
=> question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation
Sense 5
wonder, question
RELATED TO>(noun) question#4
=> doubt, dubiousness, doubtfulness, question
Domain of verb question
Domain Terms of verb question
Familiarity of verb question
question used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb question
5 senses of question
Sense 1
question, oppugn, call into question
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 2
interrogate, question
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
question, query
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Sense 4
interview, question
EX: Sam cannot question Sue
Sense 5
wonder, question
EX: They question whether there was a traffic accident
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb question
5 senses of question
Sense 1
question, oppugn, call into question
> challenge
=> provoke, stimulate
=> counterchallenge
=> question, oppugn, call into question
=> impeach
=> impugn
=> defy, dare
=> call one's bluff
=> call out
=> remit, remand, send back
=> appeal
=> action, sue, litigate, process
=> litigate
Sense 2
interrogate, question
> ask
=> question, query
=> interrogate, question
Sense 3
question, query
> ask
=> question, query
=> interrogate, question
Sense 4
interview, question
> converse, discourse
=> argue, contend, debate, fence
=> interview, question
=> interview
=> interview
=> chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit
Sense 5
wonder, question
> chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
=> premeditate
=> theologize, theologise
=> introspect
=> bethink
=> cogitate
=> wonder, question
=> puzzle
=> study, consider
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb question
Sense 1
question, oppugn, call into question
=> challenge
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Sense 2
interrogate, question
=> ask
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Sense 3
question, query
=> ask
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Sense 4
interview, question
=> converse, discourse
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Sense 5
wonder, question
=> chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
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Grep of verb question
call into question
cross question
pop the question
question
Antonyms of adj questioning
3 senses of questioning
Sense 1
questioning, quizzical
INDIRECT (VIA perplexed) -> unperplexed
Sense 2
doubting, questioning, skeptical, sceptical
INDIRECT (VIA distrustful) -> trustful, trusting
Sense 3
inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering(prenominal)
INDIRECT (VIA curious) -> incurious
Similarity of adj questioning
3 senses of questioning
Sense 1
questioning, quizzical
=> perplexed (vs. unperplexed)
Sense 2
doubting, questioning, skeptical, sceptical
=> distrustful (vs. trustful)
Sense 3
inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering(prenominal)
=> curious (vs. incurious)
Pertainyms of adj questioning
Attributes of adj questioning
Domain of adj questioning
Domain Terms of adj questioning
Familiarity of adj questioning
questioning used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Grep of adj questioning
questioning
unquestioning
Grep of adv questioning
questioningly
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