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Interrogation

Interrogation Meaning & Definition
Interrogation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Interrogation?

[n] an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present"
[n] formal systematic questioning
[n] a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; "he asked a direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations"
[n] a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder

Synonyms | Synonyms for Interrogation: enquiry | examination | inquiry | interrogative | interrogative sentence | query | question

Related Terms | Find terms related to Interrogation: asking | bone of contention | bringing into question | catechetical method | catechism | catechization | catechizing | challenge | cross-examination | cross-interrogatory | cross-question | debating point | demand | dispute | examination | feeler | grilling | inquiring | inquiry | inquisition | interpellation | interrogative | interrogatory | investigation | issue | leader | leading question | moot point | point at issue | point in question | probing | problem | pumping | query | querying | question | question at issue | question mark | questioning | quiz | quizzing | quodlibet | seeking | Socratic method | third degree | topic | trial balloon | vexed question

See Also | catechism | cross-examination | cross-question | debriefing | deposition | direct examination | inquiring | inquisition | interview | leading question | questioning | redirect examination | reexamination | sentence | third degree | transmission | yes-no question

Interrogation In Webster's Dictionary

\In*ter`ro*ga"tion\, n. [L. interrogatio: cf. F. interrogation.] 1. The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry. 2. A question put; an inquiry. 3. A point, mark, or sign, thus [?], indicating that the sentence with which it is connected is a question. It is used to express doubt, or to mark a query. Called also {interrogation point}. Note: In works printed in the Spanish language this mark is not only placed at the end of an interrogative sentence, but is also placed, inverted [as thus ([iques])], at the beginning.

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