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The pupil who shows signs of mischief or inattention may well become the immediate mark for a question, and thereby be tided past the danger point Usually the question should be addressed to the entire class, and then a pause of a few seconds ensue before the one who is to answer is designated.

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  1. noun An expression of inquiry that invites or calls for a reply.
  2. noun An interrogative sentence, phrase, or gesture.
  3. noun A subject or point open to controversy; an issue.
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  • The last time the question was asked of him, he said "I can't answer this question, and I won't answer this question". —  Bloggers.Pakistan
  • And indeed, several of the dozens of plant workers invited to Obama's economic "town hall" here in this town outside of Scranton, Pa. nodded as the question was asked. —  The Swamp
  • But his column misses the point as the question is asked in the context of a political campaign. —  The Volokh Conspiracy
  • Through the program, a question is answered by another question: "Do you want to have a relationship with God?" —  Mission Network News Headlines
  • On question after question, Palin basically ignored what the question is about and went on some prescripted memorized rant about energy, or how she's a maverick, or an attack on obama. —  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
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matter ·  idea ·  problem ·  word ·  work ·  sense

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question:   questions ·  questioned ·  questioning
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, legal inquiry, from Latin quaestiō, quaestiōn-, from *quaestus, obsolete past participle of quaerere, to ask, seek.

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  1. from Middle English question, questioun, from Old French question, French question = Provencal questio, question = Spanish cuestion = Portuguese questão = Italian questione, quistione, from Latin quæstio(n-), a seeking, investigation, inquiry, question, from quærere, past participle quæsitus, Middle Latin quæstus, seek, ask, inquire: see quest.
  2. from Old French questionner, from Middle Latin quæstionare, question, from Latin quæstio(n-), question: see question, n.
 

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