“Questioned” is a form of
question
/ˈkwɛs.tʃən/ noun, verb
Forms questions questioning questioned quæstion
- noun A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative. “What is your question?”
- noun A subject or topic for consideration or investigation. “The question of seniority will be discussed at the meeting.”
- noun A doubt or challenge about the truth, accuracy, or validity of a matter. “His claim to the property has come under question.”
- noun A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation. “I move that the question be put to a vote.”
- noun (now archaic, historical, chiefly with definite article) Interrogation by torture.
- noun (obsolete) Talk; conversation; speech.
- verb (transitive) To ask questions of; to interrogate; to ask for information.
- verb (transitive) To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
- verb (intransitive) To ask a question or questions; inquire or seek to know; examine.
- verb (intransitive, obsolete) To argue; to converse; to dispute.
Synonyms
inquiry enquiry query interrogation subject topic problem consideration proposition issue doubt proposal contest frain quaeritate head interrogative interrogative sentence dubiousness doubtfulness motion oppugn call into question interrogate interview wonder
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Etymology
From Middle English questioun, 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”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”). Doublet of quest.
Partially displaced native Old English āscung, whence asking. Compare also Middle Low German quēstie (“questioning; inquiry”), Middle High German questje (“question”).
From Middle English questionen, questyonen, partly from Middle French questionner and partly from the noun.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.
- noun Discussion; debate; hence, objection; dispute; doubt; as, the story is true beyond question; he obeyed without question.
- verb To ask questions; to inquire.
- verb To argue; to converse; to dispute. [Obs.]
Etymology [F., fr. L. quaestio, fr. quaerere, quaesitum, to seek for, ask, inquire. See Quest, n.]
Etymology [Cf. F. questionner. See Question, n.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “question”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details