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tʃə adjective
1.
indicating or implying a question: a questioning tone in her voice.
2.
characterized by or indicating intellectual curiosity; inquiring: an alert and questioning mind.
noun
3.
an inquiry or interrogation.
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questioning (ˈkwɛstʃənɪŋ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | proceeding from or characterized by a feeling of doubt or uncertainty |
| 2. | enthusiastic or eager for philosophical or other investigations; intellectually stimulated: an alert and questioning mind |
| 'questioningly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
question
c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. questiun, O.Fr. question "legal inquest," from L. quæstionem (nom. quæstio) "a seeking, inquiry," from root of quærere (pp. quæsitus) "ask, seek" (see query). The verb is first recorded 1470, from O.Fr. questionner (13c.). Question
mark is from 1869, earlier question stop (1862). Depreciatory sense of questionable is attested from 1806.
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