1. A sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
   "The teacher asked an interrogative sentence to check if the students understood the lesson";
   - question, interrogation, interrogative sentence, query
    
2. Some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood
   "Is this an example of the interrogative mood?";
   - interrogative mood

1. Relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation
   "The lawyer's interrogative style made the witness uncomfortable";
   - interrogatory
    
2. (grammar) relating to verbs in the so-called interrogative mood
   "not all questions have an interrogative construction"

Derived forms: interrogatives

Type of: modality, mode, mood, sentence

Antonym: declaratory

Encyclopedia: Interrogative