Definition of Question Time

1. Noun. A period during a parliamentary session when members of British Parliament may ask questions of the ministers.


Definition of Question Time

1. Proper noun. (government politics) a time during a sitting of parliament wherein Members of Parliament ask questions of Government Ministers (including the Prime Minister) which they are obliged to answer. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Question Time

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questing
questingly
questings
question
question-mark
question-master
question-masters
question mark
question marks
question master
question of fact
question of law
question sheet
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questionability
questionable
questionableness
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Literary usage of Question Time

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"He must bow to the Speaker on entering and leaving the House. Question Time.—After Prayers the first business of importance in the House of ..."

2. Hansard's Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1882)
"The Question time belonged to private Members ; and, therefore, it was not accurate to ... Independent Members had Question time on five days of the week, ..."

3. The Müller-Walle Method of Lip-reading for the Deaf (Bruhn Lip-reading System) by Martha Emma Bruhn, Julius Müller-Walle (1915)
"Question time came. Question time came and the boy at the head of the class was asked a question. He missed the button. Now he missed the button. ..."

4. Renewing the United Nations System by Erskine Childers (1999)
"'Question Time' It is also high time to introduce in General Assembly Committees a standard number of 'Question Times' in every year, when any Delegation ..."

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