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/ɪntˌɛrəgˈeɪʃən/ Listen

noun

Interrogation n.

The act or process of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; an instance of interrogating; inquiry.

A question put; an inquiry.

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. Usually called a question mark; called also interrogation point. Note: In works printed in the Spanish language this mark is not only placed at the end of an interrogative sentence, but is also placed, inverted, at the beginning.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Interrogation" Quotes from Famous Books

... "interview" among the sanctuaries of a poet or politician or historian who does not himself open their doors. But Carlyle has done this in all his books. A reticent writer may veil his convictions on every subject save that on which he writes. An avowed preacher or prophet cannot escape interrogation as ...

— Thomas Carlyle - Biography • John Nichol

... Mick, his eyes two excited interrogation-points. "You can't stuff me with any such fairy-tale, ...

— Bucky O'Connor • William MacLeod Raine

... being seen by that constable who is prowling about at the bottom of the lawn making signals in the direction of the library. Presumably he is replying to Inspector Aylesbury who wants to talk to us. I am determined to interview Camber before submitting to further official interrogation. It must be a cross-country journey, Knox. I am afraid we shall be a very muddy pair, but great issues may hang upon the success of ...

— Bat Wing • Sax Rohmer

... himself a French artisan on his way home from Russia, but as having lost his passport. The story imposed upon nobody, and he perceived that he was supposed to be a malefactor of some dangerous sort: his real case was not suspected. A month's incarceration followed, and then a new interrogation, in which he was informed that all his statements had been found to be false, and that he was an object of the gravest suspicion. He demanded a private interview with one of the higher functionaries ...

— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 15, - No. 87, March, 1875 • Various

... point in different directions, in the cave, down into the gorge, back toward the mountains, or out upon the valley below, and each time he would raise his brows questioningly and voice the universal "eh?" of interrogation which they could not fail to understand. But always Om-at shook his head and spread his palms in a gesture which indicated that while he understood the question he was ignorant as to the whereabouts of the ape-man, and then the black chief attempted as best he might to explain to the stranger ...

— Tarzan the Terrible • Edgar Rice Burroughs

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