How do you use the word "question" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "question": I need to ask you a silly question. Do you really need to ask the question to know the answer?

Question

/ˈkwɛs.tʃən/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.

nounA subject or topic for consideration or investigation.

Sentence Examples

I need to ask you a silly question.

Do you really need to ask the question to know the answer?

Police are keen to question any witnesses.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

head query enquiry

Antonyms:

answer

CEFR Practice Quiz

The teacher asked a difficult ____ in class that no student could answer.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The journalist asked a pointed ____ about the minister's role in the financial scandal.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English questioun, from Anglo-Norman questiun, from Old French question, from Latin quaestiōnem, accusative of quaestiō (“a seeking, investigation, inquiry, question”), from quaerere (“to seek, ask, inquire”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”). Partially displaced native Old English āscung. Compare also Middle Low German quēstie (“questioning; inquiry”), Middle High German questje (“question”). Cognates include English quest.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite." — 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

"Can I ask you two a question? / Please, Christ, yes. / How can you two live like this? / How can... / Don't google the question, Moss!" — 2006 February 3, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, season 1, episode 4:

"When bodies change quickly or noticeably, assumptions often follow—and so does the desire to ask one potentially fraught question: Did medication play a role?" — 2026 January 29, Angela Haupt, “Can I Ask Someone if They’re on Ozempic?”, in TIME, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2026:

"The question of the plausibility of the counter-factual is seen as key in all three discussions of allohistorical fiction (as it is in Demandt's and Ferguson's examinations of allohistory) (cf. Rodiek 25–26; Ritter 15–16; Helbig 32)." — 2014 October 14, David Malcolm, “The Great War Re-Remembered: Allohistory and Allohistorical Fiction”, in Martin Löschnigg, Marzena Sokolowska-Paryz, editors, The Great War in Post-Memory Literature and Film, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG., →ISBN, page 173:

"There arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying." — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 3:25:

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