Meaning of "question"

question •

n.
• • 1. something that is asked: tanong, katanungan, ang itinatanong
  • 2. a problem: suliranin, problema

v.
• • 1. to ask in order to get information: magtanong, tanungin, itanong, mag-usisa, usisain
  • 2. to doubt: mag-alinlangan, pag-alinlanganan
  • 3. beyond question, without doubt: walang alinlangan, walang duda, hindi matatawaran
  • 4. beside the question, off the subject: labas sa pinag-uusapan, wala sa pinag-uusapan, di pinag-uusapan, walang kaugnayan sa paksa
  • 5. call in question, to challenge, object to: tutulan
  • 6. in question sometimes means under discussion: pinaguusapan, nasa pagsasaalang-alang, isinasaalang-alang

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answer

n.
• • reply to a question, etc.: sagot, tugon

v.
• • to reply: sumagot, sagutin

recite

v.
• • 1. to say over, to repeat: bumigkas, bigkasin
  • 2. to say part of a lesson, to answer a teachers question: sumagot, masagot, sagutin, makasagot
  • 3. to give an account of in detail: magsalaysay, isalaysay, magkuwento, ikuwento, magbida, ibida

ask

v.
• • 1. to ask a question: magtanong, tanungin, itanong
  • 2. to request: humingi, hingan, hingin, pamanhikan, makiusap, pakiusapan, ipakiusap
  • 3. to ask on behalf of: ihingi, ipanghingi
  • 4. to invite: maganyaya, anyayahan, kumumbida, mangumbida, kumbidahin

swallow

v.
• • 1. to take into the stomach through the throat: lumunok, lunukin, lumulon, lulunin
  • 2. to take in, to absorb: lumulon, malulon, lulunin, lumunok, lunukin, sumakmal, sakmalin, tumabon, matabunan
  • 3. to believe too easily, to accept without question or suspicion: maniwala agad, paniwalaan agad
  • 4. to put up with, to take meekly, to accept without opposing or resisting: tumanggap, tanggapin, magtiis, matiis, tiisin, malulon
  • 5. to take back: bumawi, bawiin
  • 6. to keep back, to keep from expressing: maglihim, ilihim, magtimpi, timpiin, magpigil, pigilin

n.
• • swallowing: lunok, paglunok, lulon, paglulon

debate

n.
• • 1. a public argument for and against a question: pagtatalo, debate
  • 2. a poetical joust (common in the Philippines): balagtasan

v.
• • to hold a public argument: magtalo, pagtalunan, magdebate, pagdebatihan

Sp n.
• • debate, dispute [syn. pagtatalo]

unclean

adj.
• • 1. not clean, dirty: marumi, marungis
  • 2. not pure morally, evil: masama, mahalay, masagwa, malaswa under prep. below, beneath: sa ilalim ng, nasa ilalim adv. less than, mababa pa sa, wala pa sa, hindi pa umaabot sa, kulang pa sa

adj.
• • 1. lower: pang-ilalim, mas (higit na) mababa
  • 2. under the house: sa silong
  • 3. under ones protection: sa pagkakandili ni (ng)
  • 4. under oath: nanumpa, pinanumpaan
  • 5. under question: nasa pagsisiyasat, sinisiyasat pa
  • 6. under trial: sinusubok pa, nasa pagsubok pa
  • 7. under the terms of, in accordance: alinsunod, batay
  • 8. during the rule or time of: sa panahon ni (ng), sa ilalim ni (ng)
  • 9. represented by: sa ilalim ng
  • 10. under the shelter of a tree: nayuyungyungan, nalililiman, nasa ilalim

magkano

int.
• • question word that means "how much"

sagot

n.
• • answer, response, reply

v.
• • sumagot, sagutin (-um-:-in) to answer, to reply. Sagutin mo ang tanong ko. Answer my question.

tanong

n.
• • a question magtanong, tanungin, itanong (mag-:-in, i-)

v.
• • to ask, to question, to inquire. Nagtanong siya sa akin. He asked me. Itanong mo sa kanya kung anong oras magsisimula ang miting. Ask him what time the meeting will start. Tinanong niya ako kung ako'y masipag. He asked me if I am industrious.

anu-ano

intj.
• • plural form of the question word, ano, "what"

ba

part.
• • question marker, expressive of interrogation in yes or no questions. Mayroon ba silang ginawa? Have they done anything?

hindi

adv.
• • no, not, negative particle (+ba) tag question roughly equivalent to 'isn't it?', 'aren't they?', 'did he?'