different between question vs quaere
question
English
Alternative forms
- quæstion (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English question, questioun, questiun, from Anglo-Norman questiun, from Old French question, from Latin quaesti?nem, accusative of quaesti? (“a seeking, investigation, inquiry, question”), from quaerere (“to seek, ask, inquire”). Displaced native Middle English frain, fraign (“question”) (from Old English fræ?n); compare Middle English frainen, freinen ("to inquire, question"; > Modern English frain), Middle English afrainen, affrainen (“to question”), German fragen (“to ask”) and Frage (“question”). Compare also Middle Low German qu?stie (“questioning; inquiry”), Middle High German questje (“question”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kw?st???n/, /?kw?stj?n/, /?kw??t???n/
- (US also) IPA(key): /?kw??t?n/
- Hyphenation: ques?tion
Noun
question (plural questions)
- A sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative.
- A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
- A doubt or challenge about the truth, accuracy, or validity of a matter.
- There arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
- 1623, Francis Bacon, An Advertisement touching an Holy War
- It is to be to question, whether it be lawful for Christian princes or states to make an invasive war, only and simply for the propagation of the faith.
- A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
- (now archaic, historical, chiefly with definite article) Interrogation by torture.
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. II, ch. 77:
- I, not at all ambitious of the crown of martyrdom, resolved to temporize: so that, when I was brought to the question the second time, I made a solemn recantation […] .
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. II, ch. 77:
- (obsolete) Talk; conversation; speech.
Synonyms
- (interrogative): inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation
- (subject): subject, topic, problem, consideration, proposition
- (doubt): issue, doubt
- (proposal): proposal
Derived terms
Related terms
- query
- quest
Translations
Verb
question (third-person singular simple present questions, present participle questioning, simple past and past participle questioned)
- (transitive) To ask questions of; to interrogate; to ask for information.
- (transitive) To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- He questioned South Korean claims that China is a major source of its pollution.
- He questioned South Korean claims that China is a major source of its pollution.
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- (intransitive) To ask a question or questions; inquire or seek to know; examine.
- 1597, Francis Bacon, Of Discourse
- He that questioneth much shall learn much.
- 1597, Francis Bacon, Of Discourse
- (intransitive, obsolete) To argue; to converse; to dispute.
Synonyms
- frain, quaeritate (obsolete)
Derived terms
- questioner
Translations
See also
- answer
- ask
- interrogative
References
- question in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- question at OneLook Dictionary Search
French
Alternative forms
- quæstion (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old French question, borrowed from Latin quaesti?, quaesti?nem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?s.tj??/
- Rhymes: -j??
Noun
question f (plural questions)
- a question
- a matter or issue; a problem
Derived terms
Further reading
- “question” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- quêtions, toniques
Interlingua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwes?tjon/
Noun
question (plural questiones)
- question
Middle English
Noun
question
- Alternative form of questioun
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin quaesti?, quaesti?nem.
Noun
question f (oblique plural questions, nominative singular question, nominative plural questions)
- question (verbal statement intended to elicit a response)
- question (problem in need of resolution)
Descendants
- ? Middle English: questioun, question, questiun, questyon, questyounn, qwestyon, qwestioun
- English: question
- Scots: quaisten, quastin
- ? Welsh: cwestiwn
- French: question
- ? Romanian: chestie, chestiune
- Norman: tchestchion (Jersey)
References
- question on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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quaere
English
Alternative forms
- quære (archaic)
Etymology
From Latin quaere, second-person singular present active imperative of quaer? (“seek, look for; ask”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kw???i/
Verb
quaere (third-person singular simple present quaeres, present participle quaering or quaereing, simple past and past participle quaered)
- (archaic) To ask or query; used imperatively to introduce a question or signify doubt.
- 1970, Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander:
- Now, she cannot express her emotions fully: Quaere: will she feel them fully?
- 1970, Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander:
Noun
quaere (plural quaeres)
- (archaic) A question or query.
- 1761, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume 3 (Penguin 2003, page #216):
- Had ten dozen of hornets stung him behind in so many places all at one time,—he could not have […] started half so much, as with one single quære of three words unseasonably popping in full upon him.
- 1761, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume 3 (Penguin 2003, page #216):
References
- 1902: Websters International Dictionary.
- 1984: Concise Oxford.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “quaere”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Latin
Verb
quaere
- second-person singular present active imperative of quaer?
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