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 Translation for 'to question' from English to Dutch
VERB   to question | questioned | questioned
questioning | questions
SYNO doubt | doubtfulness | dubiousness | ...
vragento question
uithorento question
uitvragento question
ondervragento question
Nouns
vraag {de}question
4
kwestie {de}question
3
vraagstuk {het}question
2 Words
betreffende {adj}in question [postpos.]
sleutelvraag {de}key question
druk
vraagteken {het} <?>
question mark <?>
quizmaster {de}question master [Br.]
retorische vraag {de}rhetorical question
3 Words
meerkeuzevraag {de}multiple-choice question
multiplechoicevraag {de}multiple-choice question
schuldvraag {de}question of guilt
4 Words
In geen geval!Out of the question!
5+ Words
uit den boze zijnto be out of the question
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Usage Examples English
  • ... intellectual patents) has been called to question by various authors.
  • He conducted an intense study of the effects of light and perspective and the technical means that painters use to represent these effects, seeming to question the most standard of artistic conventions.
  • As the Chief Justice attempts to question Falstaff about a recent robbery, Falstaff insists on turning the subject of the conversation to the nature of the illness afflicting the King.
  • He advocated for discovery learning where teachers create a problem solving environment that allows the student to question, explore and experiment.
  • Haeckel, who admired Darwin's work, defined ecology in reference to the economy of nature, which has led some to question whether ecology and the economy of nature are synonymous.

  • Some scholars have tended to question this assessment.
  • Only after defeat by Rome devastated Punic imperial ambitions did the people of Carthage seem to question their governance and to show interest in political reform.
  • leading some scholars to question the use of the term 'Celt' for the Iron Age inhabitants of those islands.
  • Their non-liturgical character has led writers to question whether they should be within the service, or indeed whether this was Monteverdi's intention.
  • Contrary to popular belief, the reforms did not eliminate the office of the Promoter of the Faith (Latin: "Promotor Fidei"), popularly known as the Devil's advocate, whose office is to question the material presented in favor of canonization.

  • In the context of patent law and specifically in prior art searches, searching through abstracts is a common way to find relevant prior art document to question to novelty or inventive step (or non-obviousness in United States patent law) of an invention.
  • The difficulty and unmotivated appearance of these algorithms has long led educators to question this curriculum, advocating the early teaching of more central and intuitive mathematical ideas.
  • World War II and its horrors forced French singers to think more critically about war in general, forcing them to question their governments and the powers who ruled their society.
  • By 1999, the partners publicly began to question Brochu's fitness to lead the organization and he was criticized by the media.
  • Being the first publications to question the official Macedonian position of the existence of a distinct Macedonian identity going back to the time of Alexander the Great (Macedonism), the books triggered a reaction of shock and disbelief in Macedonian public opinion.

  • In the early 1990s, critics began to question Alzheimer's findings and form their own hypotheses based on Alzheimer's notes and papers.
  • The House of Commons formally scrutinises the Government through its Committees and Prime Minister's Questions, when members ask questions of the prime minister; the house gives other opportunities to question other cabinet ministers.
  • Sociologists attribute this dramatic change to "ethnic shifting" or "ethnic shopping"; they believe that it reflects a willingness of people to question their birth identities and adopt new ethnicities which they find more compatible.
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