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counterquestion en · NOUN

Etymology

From counter- + question.

Meanings

  1. A question that serves as a reply to, or distraction from, another.
    • This leads to a counterquestion — why can’t M.L.B. be happy to initiate its channel with a combined guaranteed 30 million subscribers? 2007 March 9, Richard Sandomir, “Baseball Bends on TV Plan, but Doubts Linger”, in New York Times:

Forms

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counterquestions Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (6)

sv motfråga (question that serves as a reply) · de Gegenfrage (question that serves as a reply) · fr contre-question (question that serves as a reply) · sh protupitanje (question that serves as a reply) · nl wedervraag (question that serves as a reply) · fi vastakysymys (question that serves as a reply)

counterquestion en · VERB

Etymology

From counter- + question.

Meanings

  1. To ask a counterquestion.

Forms

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counterquestioning Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
counterquestions Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
counterquestioned Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
counterquestioned Tense=Past lexicographic