noun🔗Share(grammar) A word (pronoun, pronominal adjective, or adverb) implying interrogation, or used for asking a question: why, who, when, etc."The interrogative "who" is often used in classroom discussions to encourage student participation. "grammarlanguagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA question; an interrogation."The police officer's first interrogative was, "Where were you last night?" "languagegrammarcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(grammar) Asking or denoting a question: as, an interrogative phrase, pronoun, or point."The teacher wrote an interrogative sentence on the board: "What time is it?" "grammarlanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗SharePertaining to inquiry; questioning"He took on an interrogative tone of voice."grammarlanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe punctuation mark "?", used at the end of a sentence to indicate a question."The teacher reminded the students to end each question with an interrogative. "grammarwritinglinguisticslanguagewordmarkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA state of doubt or uncertainty."There’s a question mark over whether or not he’ll be fit for the next game."mindattitudeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn enigmatic, inscrutable, or mysterious person or thing; an enigma, a riddle."My grandfather, a man of few words and many untold stories, remained an interrogative to us all. "characterpersonthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePolygonia interrogationis, a North American nymphalid butterfly with a silver mark on the underside of its hindwing resembling a question mark (sense 1).""The butterfly book showed a picture of an interrogative, its wing clearly displaying a silver question mark." "animalinsectnaturebiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
