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1. A sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
   "he asked a direct interrogative sentence"
   - question, interrogation, interrogative sentence
    
2. Some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood
   - interrogative mood

1. Relating to verbs in the so-called interrogative mood
   "not all questions have an interrogative construction"
    
2. Relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation
   - interrogatory

Derived forms: interrogatives

See also: interrogate, interrogatively

Type of: modality, mode, mood, sentence

Antonym: declarative

Encyclopedia: Interrogative