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Meanings of question word in English

A function word used to introduce an interrogative clause, i.e.

        Usage of question word in English
        1
        Collect your senses, think well over what you say, and answer each question word for word.
        Amphitryon
        2
        It was Mr. Steel who stood at Rachel's elbow, repeating his question word for word; but he did not repeat it in the same tone.
        The Shadow of the Rope
        3
        When I too questioned words, and from a maze
        Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
        4
        A perceptible current, a questioning word, the turn of a paddle would have set us right.
        The Lure of the Labrador Wild
        5
        Again and again Lechner had questioned her and written all the questions word for word in his record of proceedings.
        The hangman's daughter