interrogation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: interrogation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for interrogation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
interrogation n a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; "he asked a direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations" Synonym(s): question, interrogation, interrogative, interrogative sentence a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder formal systematic questioning Synonym(s): interrogation, examination, interrogatory an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present" Synonym(s): question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation Antonym(s): answer
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Interrogation \Inter`roga"tion\, n. [L. interrogatio: cf. F. interrogation.] 1. The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry. 2. A question put; an inquiry. 3. A point, mark, or sign, thus [?], indicating that the sentence with which it is connected is a question. It is used to express doubt, or to mark a query. Called also {interrogation point}.