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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Question \Ques"tion\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Questioned; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Questioning.] [Cf. F. questionner. See Question,
     n.]
     1. To ask questions; to inquire.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He that questioneth much shall learn much. --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To argue; to converse; to dispute. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I pray you, think you question with the Jew. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Question \Ques"tion\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Questioned; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Questioning.] [Cf. F. questionner. See Question,
     n.]
     1. To ask questions; to inquire.
  
              He that questioneth much shall learn much. --Bacon.
  
     2. To argue; to converse; to dispute. [Obs.]
  
              I pray you, think you question with the Jew. --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  questioning
       adj 1: perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you
              do not know); "he had a quizzical expression" [syn: quizzical]
       2: marked by or given to doubt; "a skeptical attitude"; "a
          skeptical listener" [syn: doubting, skeptical, sceptical]
       3: showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light
          post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative
          eyebrow" [syn: inquisitive, speculative, wondering(a)]
       n : a request for information [syn: inquiring]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  questioning
     Αγγλικά a.
     που χαρακτηρίζεται από ερωτήσεις, αμφιβολία, αμφισβητήσεις
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 η διαδικασία των ερωτήσεων, η ανάκριση μάρτυρα ή κατηγορούμενου
     2 η αμφισβήτηση

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  questioning
     a.
     1 Characterized by questions, inquisitiveness, doubt(,) or wonder.
     2 (lb en LGBT) Unsure of one's sexual orientation and/or gender
  identity.
     n.
     1 The action of asking questions; a survey; an inquiry.
     2 The act of challenge, wondering(,) and doubting.
     3 (1: interrogation).
     vb.
     (present participle of en question nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  questioning
     a.
     1 Characterized by questions, inquisitiveness, doubt(,) or wonder.
     2 (lb en LGBT) Unsure of one's sexual orientation and/or gender
  identity.
     n.
     1 The action of asking questions; a survey; an inquiry.
     2 The act of challenge, wondering(,) and doubting.
     3 (1: interrogation).
     vb.
     (present participle of en question nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  questioning
     a.
     1 Characterized by questions, inquisitiveness, doubt(,) or wonder.
     2 (lb en LGBT) Unsure of one's sexual orientation and/or gender
  identity.
     n.
     1 The action of asking questions; a survey; an inquiry.
     2 The act of challenge, wondering(,) and doubting.
     3 (1: interrogation).
     vb.
     (present participle of en question nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  questioning
     a.
     1 Characterized by questions, inquisitiveness, doubt(,) or wonder.
     2 (lb en LGBT) Unsure of one's sexual orientation and/or gender
  identity.
     n.
     1 The action of asking questions; a survey; an inquiry.
     2 The act of challenge, wondering(,) and doubting.
     3 (1: interrogation).
     vb.
     (present participle of en question nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  questioning
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm q uestion ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  questioning
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en question ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb question)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Questioning /kwˈɛstʃənɪŋ/
  الإستجواب

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  questioning /kwˈɛstʃənɪŋ/ 
  tázání

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  questioning /kwˈɛstʃənɪŋ/
  Befragung , Vernehmung , Einvernahme  [Ös.]
   see: questionings, adversary questioning
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  questioning /kwˈɛstʃənɪŋ/
  befragend
     Synonym: querying
  
   see: question sb., query sb., questioned, queried, questions, queries, questioned, queried, unquestioned
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  questioning /kwˈɛstʃənɪŋ/
  fragend, forschend 
           Note: Gesichtsausdruck, Tonfall
     Synonyms: enquiring, inquisitive, interrogative, interrogatory
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  questioning /kwˈɛstʃənɪŋ/
  in Frage stellend, infrage stellend, in Zweifel ziehend, bezweifelnd, beanstandend
        "Experts are questioning/querying whether a fresh start is possible."  - Experten bezweifeln, dass ein Neustart möglich ist.
     Synonym: querying
  
   see: question sth., query sth., questioned, queried, It is not for us to question/query his decisions., I rang the water company to question/query my bill.
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  questioning /kwˈɛstʃənɪŋ/
  upitni

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  questioning /kwˈɛstʃənɪŋ/
  1. kikérdezés
  2. érdeklôdô
  3. kérdô
  4. kérdezgetés
  5. kihallgatás
  6. kérdezés
  7. kutató

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  questioning /'kwestʃənıŋ/
  1. klausinėjimas, klausimas, kvota, apklausa
  2. apklausa
  3. smalsus

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈkwɛstʃənɪŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  69 Moby Thesaurus words for "questioning":
     Pyrrhonic, Socratic method, agnostic, answering, asking,
     bringing into question, catechetical method, catechistic,
     catechization, catechizing, challenge, communicating,
     communicational, communional, conversational, curious,
     disbelieving, dispute, distrustful, doubtful, doubting, dubious,
     examination, from Missouri, in doubt, inquiring, inquisitional,
     inquisitorial, interacting, interactional, interactive,
     intercommunicational, intercommunicative, intercommunional,
     interpellation, interresponsive, interrogation, interrogational,
     interrogative, interrogatory, investigative, leery, linguistic,
     mistrustful, mistrusting, oral, probing, pumping, query, querying,
     question, quiz, quizzical, quizzing, responsive, scrupulous,
     seeking, shy, skeptical, speech, suspecting, suspicious,
     telepathic, transmissional, unbelieving, uncertain, untrusting,
     verbal, wary
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  质问

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     ing. 质疑

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