Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
QUESTION
I. noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin quaestion-, quaestio, from quaerere to seek, ask
Date: 14th century
1. a. an interrogative expression often used to test knowledge, an interrogative sentence or clause, a subject or aspect in dispute or open for discussion ; issue , c. a subject or point of debate or a proposition to be voted on in a meeting, the bringing of such to a vote, the specific point at issue,
2. an act or instance of asking ; inquiry , interrogation, torture as part of an examination, d. objection , dispute , room for doubt or objection , chance , possibility ,
II. verb
Date: 15th century
transitive verb to ask a question of or about, to interrogate intensively ; cross-examine,
3. doubt , dispute , to subject to analysis ; examine , intransitive verb to ask questions ; inquire , see: ask questioner noun