Definition of questions

"questions" in the noun sense

1. question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation

an instance of questioning

"there was a question about my training"

"we made inquiries of all those who were present"

2. question, head

the subject matter at issue

"the question of disease merits serious discussion"

"under the head of minor Roman poets"

3. question, interrogation, interrogative, interrogative sentence

a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply

"he asked a direct question"

"he had trouble phrasing his interrogations"

4. doubt, dubiousness, doubtfulness, question

uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something

"the dubiousness of his claim"

"there is no question about the validity of the enterprise"

5. motion, question

a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote

"he made a motion to adjourn"

"she called for the question"

6. question

an informal reference to a marriage proposal

"he was ready to pop the question"

"questions" in the verb sense

1. question, oppugn, call into question

challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of

"We must question your judgment in this matter"

2. 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. question, query

pose a question

4. interview, question

conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting

5. 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"

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Quotations for questions

Ask me questions concerning tomorrow. [ Congreve ]

He that nothing questions learns nothing. [ Proverb ]

Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs. [ Goldsmith ]

There is nothing can equal the tender hours
When life is first in bloom,
When the heart like a bee, in a wild of flowers,
Finds everywhere perfume;
When the present is all and it questions not
If those flowers shall pass away,
But pleased with its own delightful lot,
Dreams never of decay. [ Bohn ]

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are. [ Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband ]

It is time enough to answer questions when they are asked. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

A fool may speer (ask) more questions than a wise man can answer. [ Scotch Proverb ]

Whence? whither? why? how? - these questions cover all philosophy. [ Joubert ]

The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions. [ Claude Levi-Strauss ]

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, pass no criticisms. [ George Eliot ]

Our supple tribes repress their patriot throat And ask no questions but the price of vote. [ Samuel Johnson ]

Our supple tribes repress their patriot throats. And ask no questions but the price of votes. [ Dr. Johnson ]

Books are a sort of dumb teachers; they cannot answer sudden questions, or explain present doubts. [ J. Watts ]

Avoid him who from mere curiosity asks three questions running about a thing that cannot interest him. [ Lavater ]

He found shelter among books, which insult not, and studies that ask no questions of a youth's finances. [ Lamb ]

Have I a religion, have I a country, have I a love, that I am ready to die for? are the first trial questions to itself of a true soul. [ John Ruskin ]

I am not aware that payment, or even favors, however gracious, bind any man's soul and conscience in questions of highest morality and highest importance. [ Charles Kingsley ]

He that gives a portion of his time and talent to the investigation of mathematical truth, will come to all other questions with a decided advantage over his opponents. [ Colton ]

The study of art possesses this great and peculiar charm, that it is absolutely unconnected with the struggles and contests of ordinary life. By private interests, by political questions, men are deeply divided, and set at variance; but beyond and above all such party strifes, they are attracted and united by a taste for the beautiful in art. [ Guizot ]

The mother, under whose sole influence the child is for years, from whom it acquires its tastes and character, should not only be educated, but educated in the most thorough manner, and have her mind stored with varied learning, so that she may be able to answer the multitude of questions that will be put to her by her inquisitive child on art, science, literature, and religion, and thus to stimulate his curiosity, and awaken his mind. [ E. B. Ramsay ]

questions in Scrabble®

The word questions is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 18

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters questions:

QUESTIONS
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (5 words)

inquest, nosiest, quonset, sequins, squints

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word questions

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In questions

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questions in Words With Friends™

The word questions is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 20

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters questions:

QUESTIONS
(216)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (5 words)

inquest, nosiest, quonset, sequins, squints

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word questions

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In questions

QUESTIONS
(216)
SEQUINS
(155 = 120 + 35)
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Words containing the sequence questions

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Words that end with questions (4 words)

Word Growth involving questions

Shorter words in questions

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