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View synonyms for interrogative
interrogative
[ in-tuh-rog-uh-tiv ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or conveying a question.
- Grammar. forming, constituting, or used in or to form a question:
an interrogative pronoun, suffix, particle, or sentence.
noun
- Grammar. an interrogative word, element, or construction, as who? and what?
interrogative
/ ˌɪntəˈrɒɡətɪv /
adjective
- asking or having the nature of a question
- denoting a form or construction used in asking a question
- denoting or belonging to a class of words, such as which and whom, that are determiners, adjectives, or pronouns and serve to question which individual referent or referents are intended Compare demonstrative relative
noun
- an interrogative word, phrase, sentence, or construction
- a question mark
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Derived Forms
- ˌinterˈrogatively, adverb
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Other Words From
- inter·roga·tive·ly adverb
- unin·ter·roga·tive adjective
- unin·ter·roga·tive·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of interrogative1
From the Late Latin word interrogātīvus, dating back to 1510–20. See interrogate, -ive
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Example Sentences
Now the practice of Interrogative Analysis compels such persons to interrogate—to propose questions—to think.
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They confronted each other, Gwynne flushed and angry, Isabel coldly interrogative.
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Then, seeing the crowd which had gathered in the little garden, he stopped suddenly, with an interrogative look at his mother.
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The use of this pronoun, like the preceding, appears to be confined to simple interrogative forms.
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At last, he caught the idea of location—but it was location in the interrogative!
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