questionnaire
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of questionnaire
1895–1900; < French, equivalent to question ( er ) to question + -aire; see -ary
Explanation
A questionnaire is a form containing a set of questions. After the opening night of your new restaurant, ask your customers to fill out a questionnaire so they can help you know what still needs work. You write a questionnaire to take a snapshot of what a group of people think. They're not opportunities for deep response, but are good for collecting statistics. If you're hosting a big party, distribute a short questionnaire beforehand to find out how many people are coming, and what music they want the dj to play. If you prefer an older version of the word, say you're giving them a questionary.
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This week she explained how to ask for financial advice effectively and linked to a new questionnaire that you can use to direct your question to a specific MarketWatch column.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
New employees complete a questionnaire that asks how they work best, including their time zone, peak work hours and what times of day they’re most distracted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
When the children reached 36 months of age, researchers assessed their neurodevelopment using a behavioral questionnaire and looked for connections between developmental outcomes, gut microbes, and epigenetic patterns.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 2, 2026
More than 600 responded to a BBC Radio 5 Live questionnaire, distributed by carer support network Mobilise, with more than a third saying that someone in their household had given up work to care.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
Then Gosling had close friends of those eighty students fill out the same questionnaire.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
The questionnaires asked participants how often they consumed a standard serving of each food or beverage, with responses ranging from "never or less than once per month" to "6 or more per day."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
LinkedIn is peppered with stories of job listings requiring candidates to take questionnaires or use specific words or phrases in cover letters, in order to avoid applications spit out by bots.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Heads up to condominium buyers: The homeowner association questionnaires, studies and reviews can prolong the timeline to closing, he noted.
From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026
Participants also completed questionnaires about their eating behaviors.
From Science Daily ● May 7, 2026
In the summer of 2006, poll respondents filling out open-ended questionnaires were naming him as a presidential possibility, though Hillary Clinton was decidedly the number one pick.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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