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IN QUESTION
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Open to doubt or suspicion
Example:
it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought
Synonyms:
doubtful; dubious; dubitable; in question
Classified under:
Similar:
questionable (subject to question)
Context examples:
An indication of whether the item in question is an active item.
(Active Flag, NCI Thesaurus)
The land in question is from Greenland's ice sheet itself, which is 10,000 feet thick in places.
(Study: Greenland's Ice Melting Faster than Previously Thought, VOA)
In addition, thanks to the characteristics of such devices, the analysis can be performed by whoever needs to monitor the clinical parameter in question—be they specialist personnel or the users themselves.
(Scientists design devices to calculate the concentration of potassium in water, of creatinine in urine, or glucose in blood using smartphone technology, University of Granada)
Was this to constitute a final proof where the matters in question were of the most revolutionary and incredible character?
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Watson, would you have the kindness to take the paper and to read the paragraph in question?”
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
You cannot fail to see that twenty thousand pounds, the sum in question, divided equally between the nephew and three nieces of our uncle, will give five thousand to each?
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
It was no time for thought; she hurried on, slipped with the least possible noise through the folding doors, and without stopping to look or breathe, rushed forward to the one in question.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
At the time of the ballroom's being built, suppers had not been in question; and a small card-room adjoining, was the only addition.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
The frequency with which a test yields a true positive result among individuals who actually have the disease or the gene mutation in question.
(Diagnostic Sensitivity, NCI Dictionary)
I endorse the last words written, but this time there is no doubt in question.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
