interrogation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   There is no interrogation in his eyes / Or in the hands, quiet over the horse's neck, / And the eyes watchful, waiting, perceiving, indifferent.

2. 2
   noun

   an instance of questioning

3. 3
   noun

   formal systematic questioning

4. 4
   noun

   a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply

5. 5
   noun

   a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder

6. 6
   noun

   A question put; an inquiry.

7. 7
   noun

   A question mark.

Etymology

From Middle English interrogacion, from Old French interrogacion, from Latin interrogātiō, from interrogō, from inter- (“between; among”) + rogō (“to ask; to request”). Equivalent to inter- + rogation or interrogate + -ion.