Crossword clues for interrogative
interrogative
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Interrogative \In`ter*rog"a*tive\, n. (Gram.) A word used in asking questions; as, who? which? why?
Interrogative \In`ter*rog"a*tive\, a. [L. interrogativus: cf. F. interrogatif.] Denoting a question; expressed in the form of a question; as, an interrogative sentence; an interrogative pronoun.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1500, from Late Latin interrogativus "pertaining to a question," from Latin interrogat-, past participle stem of interrogare "to ask, question" (see interrogation) + -ive.
Wiktionary
a. Asking or denoting a question; pertaining to inquiry; questioning: as, an interrogative phrase, pronoun, or point; an interrogative look or tone of voice. n. 1 (context grammar English) A word (pronoun, pronominal adjective, or adverb) implying interrogation, or used for asking a question: ''why, who, when,'' etc. 2 (context rare English) A question; an interrogation.
WordNet
adj. relating to verbs in the so-called interrogative mood; "not all questions have an interrogative construction"
relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation [syn: interrogatory, asking(a)] [ant: declarative, declarative]
n. a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; "he asked a direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations" [syn: question, interrogation, interrogative sentence]
some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood [syn: interrogative mood]
Wikipedia
Interrogative is a term used in grammar to refer to features that form questions. Thus, an interrogative sentence is a sentence whose grammatical form indicates that it is a question. Such sentences are sometimes said to exhibit an interrogative mood—thus treating interrogative as one of the grammatical moods, specifically a type of epistemic mood. This applies particularly to languages that use different inflected verb forms to make questions.
Interrogative sentences can serve as yes–no questions or as wh-questions, the latter being formed using an interrogative word such as who, which, where or how to specify the information required. Different languages have different ways of forming questions, including the use of different word order and the insertion of interrogative particles. Questions are also frequently marked by intonation, in particular a rising intonation pattern – in some languages this may be the sole method of distinguishing a yes–no question from a declarative statement.
Interrogative mood or other interrogative forms may be denoted by the glossing abbreviation .
Usage examples of "interrogative".
Fortunately, one of the less informed Snows asked almost the exact interrogative which Doc desired answered.
The fruits seemed a convenient thing to begin upon, and holding one of these up I began a series of interrogative sounds and gestures.
Her features were playfellows of one another, none of them pretending to rigid correctness, nor the nose to the ordinary dignity of governess among merry girls, despite which the nose was of a fair design, not acutely interrogative or inviting to gambols.
Timokhin with the condescendingly interrogative smile with which everybody involuntarily addressed that officer.
One of the officers hesitated, a soft towel still in his hands, fingers clenching momentarily at the interrogative lift of Arrhae's voice, then glanced swiftly at his companion.
Maude, with the golden light playing upon the fringes of her curls, and throwing two little epaulettes of the daintiest pink across her shoulders, sat in silence, glancing across from time to time with interrogative eyes at her husband.
Verbs can be in the Indicative mood, or Interrogative, Subjunctive, Optative, Conjunctive, Infinitive.
The nature of these added particles may be: Negative, Intensitive, Honorific, Hypothetical, Interrogative, Imperative, Directional, Futuritive or Historical, Relational or Descriptive.
Through a window cemented open by decades of city soot, Seve could hear the swift, musical jabber of Cantonese, its broad sentence-ending interrogatives like a song of the sea.
Now Karpov was truly on his guard, knowing that by supplying an answer to these minuscule interrogatives, he would be unearthing a wealth of information for Lantin to pore over.
Maybe it was the way Belbo’s Piedmont drawl made his statements interrogative and his interrogatives taunting.
I can understand having indicative, interrogative, imperative, conditional, and subjunctive moods.