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question

 
/ˈkwes·tʃən/ v [T] (ASK)

Definition

to use a word or words to find out information: Mom’s always questioning me about my friends. The police questioned several men about the burglary. If you question something, you express doubt or uncertainty about it: [+ question word] The book questions whether people today are better off than their parents were.
(Definition of question v (ASK) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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