Collocations for "question"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "question" in context.
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question
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [good, difficult, tough, rhetoric, bad] question
- the [main, key, vital, essential] question
- the [test, exam] has [30] questions
- the [test] contains [short-answer, multiple-choice] questions
- the [right, wrong] question to ask
- [reply, respond, refer] to a question
- [answer, dodge, skip, ignore] a question
- don't know how to answer that question
- why aren't you answering my question?
- ask yourself [this, the following] question
- the [president, senator, star] is not accepting questions (at this time)
- there are questions over his [income, methods, results]
- (too many) questions remain unanswered
- left me with more questions than answers
- questions [regarding, concerning, about] his methods
- questions and answers
- the [allegations, revelations] raise [vital, important] questions
- it's a question of [security, honesty, ability, taste, life and death]
- it is not a question of [whether, asking, simply]
- it was [mainly, simply] a question of time
- the question is, [what, how, why, where]
- the question remains, [can he, do you, what is]...?
- the question on [the nation's, everyone's] lips
- a question of [when], not [if]
- is (totally) out of the question
- which begs the question
- question the [suspect, criminal, witness]
- [police, detectives] questioned [the suspect, her]
- [was, has been] questioned by the [police, court, press]
- (was) questioned about [the events, her actions, his whereabouts]
- questioned in [relation to, connection with]
- questioned over the [murder, disappearance] of
- questioned on [how, where, what]
- questioned as to [how]
- question everything
- question the [status quo, norm]
- I question the [need, validity, value, legality, accuracy] of
- [can't, cannot, don't, do not] question his [dedication, ability, honesty]
- question his motives
- question what you [hear, learn, are told]
- (am) questioning whether or not to
'question' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Sir
- ability
- accept
- address
- air
- answer
- approach
- ask
- assumption
- awkward
- balance
- beg
- bold
- bring
- bulky
- burning
- chap
- clarification
- comfortable
- completely
- complex
- confuse
- conscience
- controversial
- courtesy
- criticize
- daring
- delicate
- destiny
- difficult
- discipline
- disconnect
- dispose
- dispute
- division
- dollar
- dumb
- each
- easy
- every
- extremely
- faith
- false
- field
- foolish
- forensic
- frame
- fudge
- further
- gentleman