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n. an informal reference to a marriage proposal; "he was ready to pop the question"

n. a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote; "he made a motion to adjourn"; "she called for the question"

doubt, dubiousness, doubtfulness

n. uncertainty about the truth or factuality of existence of something; "the dubiousness of his claim"; "there is no question about the validity of the enterprise"

inquiry, enquiry, query

n. an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present"

range, interrogative, interrogative sentence

n. a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; "he asked a direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations"

query

v. pose a question

interrogate

v. pose a series of questions to; "The suspect was questioned by the police"; "We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion"

interview

v. conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting

oppugn

v. challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of; "We must question your judgment in this matter"

wonder

v. place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight"

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recommendation

n. something (as a course of action) that is recommended as advisable

entering, entry, submission

n. something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition); "several of his submissions were rejected by publishers"; "what was the date of submission of your proposal?"

bid, tender

n. a formal proposal to buy at a specified price

point

n. a brief version of the essential meaning of something; "get to the point"; "he missed the point of the joke"; "life has lost its point"

spot, point

n. an outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie"

request, asking

n. the verbal act of requesting

test, quiz

v. examine someone's knowledge of something; "The teacher tests us every week"; "We got quizzed on French irregular verbs"

discredit, disbelieve

v. reject as false; refuse to accept

discount, disregard, ignore, brush off, dismiss, brush aside, push aside

v. bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances"

grill, cook over a grill

v. cook over a grill; "grill the sausages"

examine, question closely

v. question closely

wonder, inquire

v. have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church"

pump, question persistently

v. question persistently; "She pumped the witnesses for information"

think, cogitate, cerebrate

v. use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere"

throw, fox, puzzle, baffle, gravel, stupefy, stupify, perplex, mystify, confuse, confound, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, bewilder, flummox, nonplus, amaze, dumbfound, trounce

v. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"

subject, make accountable

v. make accountable for; "He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors"

refer

v. send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision; "refer a patient to a specialist"; "refer a bill to a committee"

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resolution, answer, solution, result

n. a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places"

resolution, firmness, resoluteness, resolve

n. the trait of being resolute; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work"

answer

n. the speech act of replying to a question

response, reply

n. the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; "he growled his reply"

resolution, answer, solution, result

n. a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places"

hold, buy, believe

v. accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"

trust, believe

v. be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war"

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