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The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry.

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  1. n. The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry.
  2. n. A question put; an inquiry.
  3. n. A point, mark, or sign, thus [?], indicating that the sentence with which it is connected is a question. It is used to express doubt, or to mark a query. Called also interrogation point.
  4. n. a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
  5. n. a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder
  6. n. formal systematic questioning
  7. n. an instance of questioning
  8. 1. The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry. 2. A question put; an inquiry. 3. A point, mark, or sign, thus [], indicating that the sentence with which it is connected is a question. It is used to express doubt, or to mark a query. Called also interrogation point. Note: In works printed in the Spanish language this mark is not only placed at the end of an interrogative sentence, but is also placed, inverted [as thus (¿)], at the beginning.
  9. n:100 n. a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder n. formal systematic questioning