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verb
To question or quiz, especially in a thorough or aggressive manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To query (something); to request information from (something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To examine (something) critically.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
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verb
pose a series of questions to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: question
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ask
verb
transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit
History
Learned borrowing from Latin interrogātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin interrogō (“to inquire, interrogate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Across languages
107 source translations are retained for this English entry.
