Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

closed question

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.77 in modern English

Syllables: closed ques-tion
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A question that can only be responded to with a set number of answers (typically yes and no).

Inflected Forms

closed questions (plural)

Phrases

multiple-choice question polar question yes-no question

Frequently Paired Words

multiple-choice question polar question yes-no question

Synonyms

closed-ended question

Antonyms

open question open-ended question

Questions

What does closed question mean?: A question that can only be responded to with a set number of answers (typically yes and no).

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