questions

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of question.

   The reporter's questions grew sharper as the interview went on.

   Several questions remained unanswered after the meeting.

   Note

   A plain -s plural that carries the countable meanings of the singular: things asked, topics under investigation, doubts about a claim, proposals put to a meeting. The spelling is shared with the verb form, as in she questions the witness. Position tells them apart. After a determiner it is the noun (the questions, several questions). After a subject it is the verb.

2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of question.

   The detective questions each witness separately.

   My daughter questions everything she reads in the news.

   Note

   Its object decides the meaning. With a person as the object it means interrogating: the detective questions each witness. With a claim, motive or decision as the object it means doubting: she questions his motives. Without an object it simply means inquiring. The noun's spelling is the same, so watch for a subject before it, as with the plural noun.

   The committee questions whether the figures are accurate.

   Nobody questions her honesty.

3. 3
   noununcountable

   A game in which each player may speak only in questions, and saying anything that isn't a question means losing.

   At the party we started a round of questions, and Tom cracked first by blurting out an answer.

   Two of us kept questions going for nearly ten minutes before someone slipped into a statement.

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