ask the question

  • 1ask the question — verb To make an appeal to the umpire against the batsman …

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  • 2ask a question — The verb ask means to inquire about, to put a question to. In nearly every conceivable situation and meaning, a question should be omitted from ask a question; ask implies a question and should stand alone: A member of the audience asked (not… …

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  • 3question the question — verb To ask that a proposed question’s presuppositions be explicitly justified, especially as a preliminary to answering it. To say that a question is fallacious is to say that it is objectionable to the answerer because it is constructed to… …

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  • 4The Question Concerning Technology — For Martin Heidegger broadly, the question of being formed the essence of his philosophical inquiry. In The Question Concerning Technology , Heidegger sustains this inquiry, but turns to the particular phenomenon of technology, seeking to derive… …

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  • 5To the question — Question Ques tion, n. [F., fr. L. quaestio, fr. quaerere, quaesitum, to seek for, ask, inquire. See {Quest}, n.] 1. The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer. [1913 Webster] 2. Discussion; debate; hence,… …

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  • 6pop the question — ask an important question, ask someone to marry you    In the old days, a man would buy the ring and then pop the question …

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  • 7pop the question — ask someone to marry you He finally popped the question to her after they had been going out together for two years …

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  • 8the question is — the issue is one of, what we must ask ourselves is …

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  • 9pop the question — verb ask (someone) to marry you he popped the question on Sunday night she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman • Syn: ↑propose, ↑declare oneself, ↑offer …

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  • 10pop the question — {v. phr.}, {slang} To ask someone to marry you. * /After the dance he popped the question./ * /A man is often too bashful to pop the question./ …

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