questionとは

語源

From Middle English question, questioun, questiun, from Anglo-Norman questiun, from Old French question, from Latin quaestiōnem, accusative of quaestiō (“a seeking, investigation, inquiry, question”), from quaerere (“to seek, ask, inquire”).^[1] Displaced native Middle English frain, fraign (“question”) (from 古期英語 fræġn); compare Middle English frainen, freinen ("to inquire, question"; > Modern English frain), Middle English afrainen, affrainen (“to question”), German fragen (“to ask”)/ German Frage (“question”). Compare also Middle Low German quēstie (“questioning; inquiry”), Middle High German questje (“question”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɛst͡ʃən/, /ˈkwɛstjən/, /ˈkwɛʃt͡ʃən/
• ハイフネーション: ques‧tion

名詞

question (複数形 questions)

1. A sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative.
   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 4, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

     I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.

   What is your question?

2. A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.

   The question of seniority will be discussed at the meeting.

   There was a question of which material to use.

3. A doubt or challenge about the truth or accuracy of a matter.

   His claim to the property has come under question.

   The story is true beyond question.

   He obeyed without question.

   • Bible, John iii. 25

     There arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.

   • Francis Bacon

     It is to be to question, whether it be lawful for Christian princes to make an invasive war simply for the propagation of the faith.

4. A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.

   I move that the question be put to a vote.

5. Interrogation by torture.
   • Macaulay

     The Scottish privy council had power to put state prisoners to the question.

6. (obsolete) Talk; conversation; speech.

   Made she no verbal question? Shakespeare King Lear ca. 1606

同意語

• inquiry, enquiry, query, subject, topic, problem, issue, consideration, interrogation, doubt, motion, proposition, proposal

派生語

関連する語

• query
• quest

動詞

question (三人称単数 現在形 questions, 現在分詞 questioning, 過去形および過去分詞形 questioned)

1. To ask questions of; interrogate; enquire; ask for information.
   • Francis Bacon

     He that questioneth much shall learn much.

2. To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
3. (obsolete) To argue; to converse; to dispute.
   • Shakespeare

     I pray you, think you question with the Jew.

同意語

• frain

派生語

• questioner

参考

• answer
• ask
• interrogative

参照

• question in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• question at OneLook Dictionary Search