yes-no question

See also: yes/no question

English

Alternative forms

• yes/no question

Noun

yes-no question (plural yes-no questions)

1. 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

• open question, open-ended question
• wh-question
• multiple-choice question

Translations

type of question

• Danish: ja-nej spørgsmål n
• Finnish: kyllä tai ei -kysymys
• French: question totale (fr) f
• German: Ja-Nein-Frage (de) f, Entscheidungsfrage (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἐρώτημα n (erṓtēma)

• Hungarian: eldöntendő kérdés
• Japanese: 一般疑問文 (ippan gimonbun)
• Polish: pytanie rozstrzygające n
• Romanian: întrebare cu da sau nu f
• 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
• Turkish: evet/hayır sorusu

See also

• true-false