Word Meanings - INTERROGATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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,

Additional info about word: 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 , at the beginning.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of INTERROGATION)

• catechism
• Erotetics
• socratics
• interrogation
• creed
• system
• compendium
• Inquiry
• Interrogation
• question
• asking
• investigation
• search
• examination
• research
• scrutiny
• exploration
• Query
• Question
• inquiry
• doubt
• topic

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of INTERROGATION)

• Decide
• determine
• resolve
• assent
• Dictate
• state
• assert
• pronounce
• enunciate
• concede
• endorse
• affirm
• grant
• allow
• Pretermit
• disregard
• abandon
• misinvestigate

Related words: (words related to INTERROGATION)

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  White or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the natural complexion. Thou cream-faced loon. Shak.
• DISREGARDFULLY
  Negligently; heedlessly.
• CREMASTERIC
  Of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the cremasteric artery.
• CREBRICOSTATE
  Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.
• STATESMANLIKE
  Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
• CREDIBLY
  In a manner inducing belief; as, I have been credibly informed of the event.
• INVESTIGATION
  The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge,
• STATEHOOD
  The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.
• CREEP
  to D. kruipen, G. kriechen, Icel. krjupa, Sw. krypa, Dan. krybe. Cf. 1. To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl. Ye that walk The earth, and stately
• ENDORSER
  See INDORSER
• CREATIONAL
  Of or pertaining to creation.
• CRESYLIC
  Pertaining to, or derived from, cresol, creosote, etc. Cresylic acid. See Cresol.
• CREATURELY
  Creatural; characteristic of a creature. "Creaturely faculties." Cheyne.
• ASSENTATORY
  Flattering; obsequious. -- As*sent"a*to*ri*ly, adv.
• CREMOR
  Cream; a substance resembling cream; yeast; scum.
• AFFIRMATIVELY
  In an affirmative manner; on the affirmative side of a question; in the affirmative; -- opposed to negatively.
• CRENELATION
  The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure.
• CREATION
  1. The act of creating or causing to exist. Specifically, the act of bringing the universe or this world into existence. From the creation to the general doom. Shak. As when a new particle of matter dotn begin to exist, in rerum natura, which had
• ASSERT
  self, claim, maintain; ad + serere to join or bind together. See 1. To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate. Nothing is more shameful . . . than to assert anything to
• SYSTEMATIZE
  To reduce to system or regular method; to arrange methodically; to methodize; as, to systematize a collection of plants or minerals; to systematize one's work; to systematize one's ideas. Diseases were healed, and buildings erected, before medicine
• UNCREATED
  1. Deprived of existence; annihilated. Beau. & Fl. 2. Not yet created; as, misery uncreated. Milton. 3. Not existing by creation; self-existent; eternal; as, God is an uncreated being. Locke.
• BASKING SHARK
  One of the largest species of sharks , so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver shark, or bone shark. It inhabits the northern seas of Europe and America, and grows to a length of more than forty feet. It is a harmless species.
• BERGOMASK
  A rustic dance, so called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo, in Italy, once noted for their clownishness.
• UNDERSECRETARY
  A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.
• DENUNCIATE
  To denounce; to condemn publicly or solemnly. To denunciate this new work. Burke.
• CALLOW
  1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. Dryden. 2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth. I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. Old Play .
• HALLOW
  To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence. "Hallowed be thy name." Matt. vi. 9. Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein. Jer. xvii. 24. His secret altar touched with hallowed
• INCREPATION
  A chiding; rebuke; reproof. Hammond.
• INCREMABLE
  Incapable of being burnt; incombustibe. Sir T. Browne.
• REINCREASE
  To increase again.
• SAGEBRUSH STATE
  Nevada; -- a nickname.
• THRYFALLOW
  To plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow. Tusser.
• DECRESCENDO
  With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers, either written upon the staff , or indicated by the sign.
• PANCREATIN
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• CONCRETIVELY
  In a concrete manner.