Hypertext Webster Gateway: "interrogation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Interrogation \In*ter`ro*ga"tion\, n. [L. interrogatio: cf. F.
interrogation.]
1. The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by
questions; inquiry.
2. A question put; an inquiry.
3. A point, mark, or sign, thus [?], indicating that the
sentence with which it is connected is a question. It is
used to express doubt, or to mark a query. Called also
{interrogation point}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
interrogation
n 1: a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; "he asked a
direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his
interrogations" [syn: {question}, {interrogative}, {interrogative
sentence}]
2: formal systematic questioning [syn: {examination}]
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