Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to question
Participle: questioned
Gerund: questioning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | question |
| you | question |
| he;she;it | questions |
| we | question |
| you | question |
| they | question |
Perfect
| I | have questioned |
| you | have questioned |
| he;she;it | has questioned |
| we | have questioned |
| you | have questioned |
| they | have questioned |
Past
| I | questioned |
| you | questioned |
| he;she;it | questioned |
| we | questioned |
| you | questioned |
| they | questioned |
Pluperfect
| I | had questioned |
| you | had questioned |
| he;she;it | had questioned |
| we | had questioned |
| you | had questioned |
| they | had questioned |
Future
| I | will question |
| you | will question |
| he;she;it | will question |
| we | will question |
| you | will question |
| they | will question |
Future Perfect
| I | will have questioned |
| you | will have questioned |
| he;she;it | will have questioned |
| we | will have questioned |
| you | will have questioned |
| they | will have questioned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | question |
| you | question |
| he;she;it | question |
| we | question |
| you | question |
| they | question |
Perfect
| I | have questioned |
| you | have questioned |
| he;she;it | have questioned |
| we | have questioned |
| you | have questioned |
| they | have questioned |
Imperfect
| I | questioned |
| you | questioned |
| he;she;it | questioned |
| we | questioned |
| you | questioned |
| they | questioned |
Pluperfect
| I | had questioned |
| you | had questioned |
| he;she;it | had questioned |
| we | had questioned |
| you | had questioned |
| they | had questioned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would question |
| you | would question |
| he;she;it | would question |
| we | would question |
| you | would question |
| they | would question |
Perfect
| I | would have questioned |
| you | would have questioned |
| he;she;it | would have questioned |
| we | would have questioned |
| you | would have questioned |
| they | would have questioned |
Imperative
| you | question |
| we | Let's question |
| you | question |
Verbs conjugated like 'question'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'question'
quæstion,
requestion,
auction,
audition,
cushion,
festoon,
function,
fusion,
junction,
lesion,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- ask
- quest, examine, seek, inquire, petition, interrogate, solicit, query
- doubt
- distrust, mistrust, challenge, suspect, dispute
Antonyms
- ask
- refuse, reject, deny, decline
- doubt
- certainty, assurance, belief, credence
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English questionen, questyonen, partly from Middle French questionner and partly from the noun.Verbs referencing "question"
Ido questionar, Cebuano kwestiyon.
Sample Sentences
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[...] state prison or house of correction, I found it difficult at first to persuade myself that I was really in a jail: a place of ignominious punishment and endurance. And to this hour I very much question whether the humane boast that it is not like one, has its root in the true wisdom or philosophy of the matter.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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I very much questioned within myself, as I walked through the Insane Asylum, whether I should have known the attendants from the patients, but for the few words which passed between the former, and the Doctor, in [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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I wore a fur great-coat at that time, and before we were well clear of the wharf, he questioned me concerning it, and its price, and where I bought it, and when, and what fur it was, and what it weighed, and what it cost. Then he took notice of my watch, and asked me what that cost, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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No man ever admits the unhealthiness of the place he dwells in (unless he is going away from it ), and I shall therefore, I have no doubt, be at issue with the inhabitants of St. Louis, in questioning the perfect salubrity of its climate, and in hinting that I think it must rather dispose to fever, in the summer and autumnal seasons. Just adding, that it is very hot, lies among great rivers, and [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Sitting down before her, she began to question her.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The parts that pleased her most were the Revelations and the Prophecies,—parts whose dim and wondrous imagery, and fervent language, impressed her the more, that she questioned vainly of their meaning; — and she and her simple friend, the old child and the young one, felt just alike about it. All that they knew was, that they spoke of a glory to be revealed,—a wondrous [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)