[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/question/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [Q](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/q/) / question # question noun (question, questions); verb (question, questions, questioned, questioning) «question» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A question is a sentence that asks something. You answer a question. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/question/#m1) 2. A question is a problem on a test or quiz. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/question/#m2) 3. A question is a matter to think about or decide: «It's a question of time». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/question/#m3) 4. To question someone is to ask them many things, like the police do. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/question/#m4) 5. To question something is to doubt it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/question/#m5) ### In the lessons In maths: things counted on a test or quiz; also the asking sentence at the end of a word problem that tells what to find. In school: «put your hand up to ask a question». In science: a good investigation starts with a question. In stories: «out of the question» means impossible; «without question» means for sure. ### Examples - The test has 20 questions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/question/#x1) - She got 17 questions right. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/question/#x2) - Each question is worth 5 points. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/question/#x3) - How many questions did he get wrong? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/question/#x4) - Put up your hand if you have a question. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/question/#x5) - A question ends with a question mark. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/question/#x6) - Scientists start with a question and test their ideas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/question/#x7) - The police questioned the witness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/question/#x8) - Staying up all night is out of the question. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/question/#x9) - Her mother had been questioning her. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/question/#x10) ### Note Questions on a test are counted: right + wrong = all. The last sentence of a problem is the question and tells what to find. Trap: read the question (the last sentence) carefully before choosing the operation. Written questions end with «?». It is always fine to question something that seems wrong. ## In Jewish tradition In the Prophets and Writings it also means a hard question put to a wise person: the Queen of Sheba asked Solomon her questions and he answered all. Hezekiah also questioned the priests about the heaps of offerings. In the primary lessons: In maths: things counted on a test or quiz; also the asking sentence at the end of a word problem that tells what to find. In school: «put your hand up to ask a question». In science: a good investigation starts with a question. In stories: «out of the question» means impossible; «without question» means for sure. ### Examples - They then put the question, how came so many various beings into existence? (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/question/#x1) - I do not pretend to be able to solve this difficult question. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/question/#x2) - A solution to this question will be found in the Pythagorean dualism. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/question/#x3) - Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps. (Writings 2CH.31.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/question/#x4) - And Solomon told her all her questions; there was not any thing hid from the king which he told her not. (Prophets 1KI.10.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/question/#x5) - And Solomon told her all her questions; and there was not any thing hid from Solomon which he told her not. (Writings 2CH.9.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/question/#x6) ### Note Questions on a test are counted: right + wrong = all. The last sentence of a problem is the question and tells what to find. Trap: read the question (the last sentence) carefully before choosing the operation. Written questions end with «?». It is always fine to question something that seems wrong. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «question» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/question/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«question» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/question.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «question» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/question/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«question» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/question.html) on Mova free.