yes-no question

English

Alternative forms

yes/no question

Noun

yes-no question (plural yes-no questions)

A question that can only be answered by yes or no and does not allow for elaboration or detail.
To make it clear for the jury, I will ask you a simple yes-no question. Did you enter the house on the night of the 15th?

Synonyms

yes-or-no question, polar question

Antonyms

Translations

type of question

Finnish: kyllä tai ei -kysymys
French: question totale (fr) f
German: Entscheidungsfrage (de), Ja-Nein-Frage (de) (Ja/Nein-Frage)
Greek:
Ancient: ἐρώτημα n (erṓtēma)

Hungarian: eldöntendő kérdés
Japanese: 一般疑問文 (ippan gimonbun)
Russian: о́бщий вопро́с m (óbščij voprós), вопро́с, тре́бующий отве́та «да» и́ли «нет» m (voprós, trébujuščij otvéta “da” íli “net”)
Spanish: pregunta cerrada f
Swahili: ndiyo-hakuna swali

See also

true-false

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