WH-question

or wh-ques·tion

[duhb-uh l-yoo-eych-kwes-chuh n]

noun Grammar. (in English)

a question containing a WH-word, often in initial position, and calling for an item of information to be supplied, as Where do you live?

Compare yes-no question.

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British Dictionary definitions for wh question

WH question

noun

a question in English to which an appropriate answer is to give information rather than to answer "yes" or "no": typically introduced by the word who, which, what, where, when, or howAlso called: information question

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