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Question

The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.

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Broader term 23

Ask 76% connected

To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.

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Challenge 76% connected

An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message con…

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Contemplate 76% connected

To look at on all sides or in all its bearings; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to stud…

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Converse 76% connected

To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; -- followed by with.

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Discourse 76% connected

The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of…

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Enquire 76% connected

See Inquire.

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Excogitate 76% connected

To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive.

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Inquire 76% connected

To ask a question; to seek for truth or information by putting queries.

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Inquiring 76% connected

of Inquire

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Meditate 76% connected

To keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell on anything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to cogitate; to reflect.

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Mull 76% connected

A thin, soft kind of muslin.

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Muse 76% connected

A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.

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Ponder 76% connected

To weigh.

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Proposal 76% connected

That which is proposed, or propounded for consideration or acceptance; a scheme or design; terms or conditions proposed; offer; as, to make proposals…

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Questioning 76% connected

of Question

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Reflect 76% connected

To bend back; to give a backwa/d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror reflects rays o…

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Ruminate 76% connected

To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed.

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Sentence 76% connected

Sense; meaning; significance.

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Speculate 76% connected

To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to…

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Subject 76% connected

Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.

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Theme 76% connected

A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.

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Topic 76% connected

One of the various general forms of argument employed in probable as distinguished from demonstrative reasoning, -- denominated by Aristotle to`poi (…

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Uncertainty 76% connected

The quality or state of being uncertain.

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Cross-question 76% connected

To cross-examine; to subject to close questioning.

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Problem 76% connected

A question proposed for solution; a matter stated for examination or proof; hence, a matter difficult of solution or settlement; a doubtful case; a q…

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Manner of action 7

Enquire 76% connected

See Inquire.

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Examine 76% connected

To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection o…

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Inquire 76% connected

To ask a question; to seek for truth or information by putting queries.

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Interpellate 76% connected

To question imperatively, as a minister, or other executive officer, in explanation of his conduct; -- generally on the part of a legislative body.

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Pump 76% connected

A low shoe with a thin sole.

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Scruple 76% connected

A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram.

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Wonder 76% connected

That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not w…

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Derivationally related 12

Inquire 74% connected

To ask a question; to seek for truth or information by putting queries.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Inquire 74% connected

To ask a question; to seek for truth or information by putting queries.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Interrogate 74% connected

To question formally; to question; to examine by asking questions; as, to interrogate a witness.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Interrogate 74% connected

To question formally; to question; to examine by asking questions; as, to interrogate a witness.

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Interrogation 74% connected

The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry.

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Interrogation 74% connected

The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry.

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Query 74% connected

A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved.

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Query 74% connected

A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved.

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Wonder 74% connected

That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not w…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Wonder 74% connected

That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not w…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 14

Doubt 92% connected

To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Doubtfulness 92% connected

State of being doubtful.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dubiousness 92% connected

State of being dubious.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Enquiry 92% connected

See Inquiry.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Head 92% connected

The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the c…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Inquiry 92% connected

The act of inquiring; a seeking for information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Interrogate 92% connected

To question formally; to question; to examine by asking questions; as, to interrogate a witness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Interrogation 92% connected

The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Interrogative 92% connected

Denoting a question; expressed in the form of a question; as, an interrogative sentence; an interrogative pronoun.

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Interview 92% connected

A mutual sight or view; a meeting face to face; usually, a formal or official meeting for consultation; a conference; as, the secretary had an interv…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Motion 92% connected

The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Oppugn 92% connected

To fight against; to attack; to be in conflict with; to oppose; to resist.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Query 92% connected

A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wonder 92% connected

That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not w…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Softer synonym 1

Disagree 88% connected

To fail to accord; not to agree; to lack harmony; to differ; to be unlike; to be at variance.

diplomatic disagreement 62% interchangeable stronger

Invite examination rather than direct rejection.

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