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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply;
- Example: "he asked a direct question"
- Example: "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations"
[syn: question, interrogation, interrogative, interrogative sentence]

2. a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder;

3. formal systematic questioning;
[syn: interrogation, examination, interrogatory]

4. an instance of questioning;
- Example: "there was a question about my training"
- Example: "we made inquiries of all those who were present"
[syn: question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Interrogation \In*ter`ro*ga"tion\, n. [L. interrogatio: cf. F. interrogation.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act or process of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; an instance of interrogating; inquiry. [1913 Webster] 2. A question put; an inquiry. [1913 Webster] 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. Usually called a question mark; called also interrogation point. [1913 Webster +PJC] Note: In works printed in the Spanish language this mark is not only placed at the end of an interrogative sentence, but is also placed, inverted [as thus ([iques])], at the beginning. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, interrogation, interrogative, interrogative sentence] 2: a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder 3: formal systematic questioning [syn: interrogation, examination, interrogatory] 4: an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present" [syn: question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation] [ant: answer]