The police have hauled in a suspect for questioning.
Source: tatoeba (238185)
Questioning
//ˈkwɛs.t͡ʃə.nɪŋ//
Synonyms for "questioning" (88 found)
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Closest matches (18)
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Related words (44)
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3 entriescauses desire
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8 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 9 languages.
Belarusian
2 entries- апыта́нне noun (action of asking questions; a survey or inquiry)
- до́пыт noun (action of asking questions; a survey or inquiry)
Dutch
1 entries- ondervraging noun (action of asking questions; a survey or inquiry)
German
1 entries- Befragung noun (action of asking questions; a survey or inquiry)
Hindi
1 entries- पूछताछ noun (action of asking questions; a survey or inquiry)
Irish
1 entries- ceistiú noun (action of asking questions; a survey or inquiry)
Occitan
1 entries- interrogacion noun (action of asking questions; a survey or inquiry)
Russian
1 entries- опро́с noun (action of asking questions; a survey or inquiry)
Spanish
4 entries- cuestionamiento noun (action of asking questions; a survey or inquiry)
- preguntadera noun (action of asking questions; a survey or inquiry)
- pregunteo noun (action of asking questions; a survey or inquiry)
- preguntorio noun (action of asking questions; a survey or inquiry)
Ukrainian
3 entries- до́пит noun (action of asking questions; a survey or inquiry)
- о́пит noun (action of asking questions; a survey or inquiry)
- опи́тування noun (action of asking questions; a survey or inquiry)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
I was pressed by their questioning and slipped into telling an obvious lie.
Source: tatoeba (278293)
You're not a serious mathematician unless you crumple up a piece of paper in frustration every twenty minutes, look off into space, and appear to be questioning your very existence.
Source: tatoeba (965826)
Tom was detained for questioning.
Source: tatoeba (1023991)
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