Speakur

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put the question to

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.17 in modern English

Syllables
put the ques-tion -to
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To threaten a piece (especially, to threaten a developed bishop by moving a pawn to the third or sixth rank), in such a way that it forces the opponent to make a deeper strategic decision whether to sacrifice the piece.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

puts the question to (present, singular) putting the question to (participle, present)

Questions

What does put the question to mean?
To threaten a piece (especially, to threaten a developed bishop by moving a pawn to the third or sixth rank), in such a way that it forces the opponent to make a deeper strategic decision whether to sacrifice the piece.

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