The police have hauled in a suspect for questioning.
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Questioning
/ˈkwɛs.t͡ʃə.nɪŋ/
Synonyms for "questioning" (121 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Adjective(1 words)
academic dissent
agnosticansweringaskingbringing into questioncatechetical methodcatechisticcatechizationcatechizingchallengecommunicatingcommunicationalcommunionalcontroversyconversationalcross examinationcuriositycuriousdisbelieving
Verb(1 words)
cause discredit to
Noun(5 words)
Strong matches (36)
disputedistrustfuldoubtfuldoubtingdubiousexaltedexaminationfrom missouriin doubtincredulousinquiringinquisitionalinquisitorialinsecureinteractinginteractionalinteractiveintercommunicationalintercommunicativeintercommunional
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Noun(11 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Interjection(1 words)
Related words (60)
Noun(15 words)
Verb(1 words)
pose questions
Adjective(7 words)
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More general
13 entriesaskingattributecognitive processcommunication actcritical evaluationdescriptorevaluateinvestigatemethodmodifierprocedurerequesttechnique
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11 entriesSocratic questioningchallengecritiquedebunkingdisputeinquisitiveinterrogateinterrogationprobeprobingstructured interview
Collocations
13 entriesacademic questioningcritical questioningdata questioningethical questioningline of questioningopen questioningopen-ended questioningpeer questioningquestioning attitudequestioning mindquestioning stancerigorous questioningsystematic questioning
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
4 entriessimilar
3 entriesSample 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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