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Definition of "interrogative" [in•ter•rog•a•tive]

  • Asking a question or being of the nature of a question: an interrogative raising of the eyebrows. (adjective)
  • Of, relating to, or being an element or construction used to ask a question: an interrogative adverb; an interrogative particle. (adjective)
  • A word or form used to ask a question. (noun)
  • A sentence or an expression that asks a question. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "interrogative" in a sentence
  • "-- When are they called interrogative pronominal adjectives?"
  • "The language of vainglory, of indignation, pity and revengefulness, optative: but of the desire to know, there is a peculiar expression called interrogative; as, What is it, when shall it, how is it done, and why so?"
  • "I'm already very pleased by a bit of information from the Abaza section:Abaza and Abkhaz questions are very unusual in that they choose rightward question movement; that is, the interrogative pronoun appears at the end of the verb, and since the verb is usually the last word of the phrase, these wh-words, as they are called, appear phrase finally."