wh-question word

  • 91Out of the question — Out Out (out), adv. [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. [=u]t, and [=u]te, [=u]tan, fr. [=u]t; akin to D. uit, OS. [=u]t, G. aus, OHG. [=u]z, Icel. [=u]t, Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr. ud. [root]198. Cf. {About}, {But}, prep., {Carouse}, {Utter}, a.]… …

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  • 92tag question — tag ,question noun count LINGUISTICS a word or phrase such as isn t it? or haven t you? that you can add to a sentence to make a question …

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  • 93cross-question — UK / US verb [transitive] Word forms cross question : present tense I/you/we/they cross question he/she/it cross questions present participle cross questioning past tense cross questioned past participle cross questioned to cross examine someone …

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  • 94The Last Word (short story) — The Last Word is a short story by author Graham Greene, written in 1988 (see 1988 in literature). It first appeared in The Independent but can also be found in collections of his short fiction, notably the Penguin edition of The Last Word and… …

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  • 95Man's First Word — is a children s book illustrated by Carl Chaiet and written by Lynn Kearcher which was published in 2007. The reader follows Telford, a renowned lexicographer, and Earnest, his talking bird butler, as they travel through the Atlas Mountains of… …

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  • 96four-letter word — noun a) A reference to any of several of the strongest English swearword that are also four letters long, especially those composing the so called . To me, coming from you, Friend is a four letter word. , b) A swearword or any words considered to …

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  • 97Microsoft Certified Application Specialist: Microsoft Office Word 2007 — The Microsoft Certified Application Specialist: Microsoft Office Word 2007 is a certification in the Microsoft Certified Applications Specialist (MCAS) series of Microsoft certifications. 77 601 is the Microsoft exam that leads to this… …

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  • 98nary a word — not a word, nothing    When I asked the boy a question, he said nothing nary a word …

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  • 99echo question — Gram. a question uttered by a listener that in effect repeats a speaker s sentence, replacing an unclear or doubted portion of the sentence with a stressed interrogative word, as You said WHAT to John? or He WHAT? [1955 60] * * * …

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  • 100tag question — noun A question inviting the listener to indicate agreement, formed by adding a “tag” word or expression to a statement. For example “You love me, don’t you?” …

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