| Pronunciation: | | `intu'râgutiv
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| Matching Terms: | | interrogative mood, interrogative sentence, interrogatively
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- [n] a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; "he asked a direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations"
- [n] some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood
- [adj] relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation
- [adj] (grammar) relating to verbs in the so-called interrogative mood; "not all questions have an interrogative construction"
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| | Synonyms: | | asking(a), interrogation, interrogative mood, interrogative sentence, interrogatory, question |
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| | Antonyms: | | asserting(a), declarative, declaratory |
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| | See Also: | | cross-question, leading question, modality, mode, mood, sentence, yes-no question |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\In`ter*rog"a*tive\, a. [L. interrogativus: cf. F.
interrogatif.]
Denoting a question; expressed in the form of a question; as,
an interrogative sentence; an interrogative pronoun.
\In`ter*rog"a*tive\, n. (Gram.)
A word used in asking questions; as, who? which? why?
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| | Related Terms: | | bone of contention, catechism, cross-interrogatory, cross-question, debating point, demand, feeler, inquiry, interrogation, interrogatory, issue, leader, leading question, moot point, point at issue, point in question, problem, query, question, question at issue, question mark, quodlibet, topic, trial balloon, vexed question |
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