ALL meanings of question mark
ques·tion mark
Q q - noun question mark Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question. 1
- noun question mark something unanswered or unknown: His identity is still a question mark to most of us. 1
- noun question mark an anglewing butterfly, Polygonia interrogationis, having silver spots shaped like a question mark on the underside of each hind wing. 1
- noun Definition of question mark in Technology (character) "?", ASCII character 63. Common names: query; ITU-T: question mark; ques. Rare: whatmark; INTERCAL: what; wildchar; huh; hook; buttonhook; hunchback. Question mark is used, along with colon for C's lazy triadic "if" operator (similar to the IIF function in Visual Basic). The expression x?y:z evaluates x, then if x is true it returns y else it returns z. In Unix shell file name patterns, question mark matches any single character. 1
- noun question mark interrogative punctuation symbol 1
- noun question mark element of doubt 1
- countable noun question mark A question mark is the punctuation mark ? which is used in writing at the end of a question. 0
- countable noun question mark If there is doubt or uncertainty about something, you can say that there is a question mark over it. 0
- noun question mark the punctuation mark ?, used at the end of questions and in other contexts where doubt or ignorance is implied 0
- noun question mark this mark used for any other purpose, as to draw attention to a possible mistake, as in a chess commentary 0
- noun question mark an element of doubt or uncertainty 0
- noun question mark a mark of punctuation (?) put after a sentence, word, etc. to indicate a direct question, and also used to express doubt, uncertainty, etc.; interrogation mark 0
- noun question mark an unknown factor 0