Interrogation
//ɪnˌteɹ.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən// noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry. countable, uncountable
"There is no interrogation in his eyes / Or in the hands, quiet over the horse's neck, / And the eyes watchful, waiting, perceiving, indifferent."
- 2 an instance of questioning wordnet
- 3 A question put; an inquiry. countable, uncountable
- 4 formal systematic questioning wordnet
- 5 A question mark. countable, dated, uncountable
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- 6 a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply wordnet
- 7 a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder wordnet
Example
More examples"He kept silent all the time during the interrogation."
Etymology
From Middle English interrogacion, from Old French interrogacion, from Latin interrogātiō, from interrogō, from inter- (“between; among”) + rogō (“ask; request”). Equivalent to inter- + rogation or interrogate + -ion.
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