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direct question

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noun

  1. a question asked in direct speech, such as Why did you come? Compare indirect question

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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We opted for a role-playing framework instead of a direct question to navigate around LLM guardrails.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 27, 2025

“I tried to come up with the most direct question possible.”

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2025

Porter sat next to her attorney with her hands folded in her lap, speaking only when the judge asked her a direct question.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2024

Play resumed for a few seconds before she stepped in once more with a direct question.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2023

At some point, Dr. Singh had told Mom not to ask if I was feeling anxious, so she’d stopped phrasing it as a direct question.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green

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