questionnaire
Americannoun
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questionnaires
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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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To do that, anyone who scans the QR code on the poster has to fill out a questionnaire, upload a photo and include a link to their LinkedIn profile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Researchers used the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score, a standardized questionnaire that evaluates how knee problems affect symptoms, mobility, recreation, and everyday life.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
Fill out our questionnaire or join the Retirement conversation in our Facebook community: Retire Better with MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Certain demographic questions from the traditional questionnaire would also be eliminated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
The final form is a client questionnaire that asks me to give a full accounting of my time in the United States.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
Over the course of a few months, Bridget responded to questionnaires and set about organising the trip with women from the US, Canada and Wales offering to join her in Northern Ireland.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
At the beginning of the study, participants completed questionnaires describing how frequently they consumed different foods.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
Participants completed online questionnaires about their daily smartphone activities, including how much time they spent actively using their devices and what they typically did on them.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Improvements in self-reported questionnaires don’t prove that patients maintain their muscle, other experts said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Then in the summer of 1941, nearly two years after the program began, new questionnaires appeared, this time at homes for the elderly.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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