simple question

collocation in English

meaningsofsimpleandquestion

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simple
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪm.pəl/us
/ˈsɪm.pəl/
easy to understand or do; ...
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question
noun
uk
/ˈkwes.tʃən/us
/ˈkwes.tʃən/
a sentence or phrase used to find ...
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(Definition ofsimpleandquestionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsimple question

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Unfortunately this is not asimplequestion.
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Now thesimplequestionis this.
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Empirically, this is a relativelysimplequestion.
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As they say, this is a deceptivelysimplequestion.
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In our view, this is asimplequestionof algebra.
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Roberts, again, asks asimplequestion: where was this stampede headed?
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It is not asimplequestionto answer: both have some truth on their side.
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Thesimplequestionof whether borders can be used as explanatory variables has no simple answer.
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The earliest methods of preference elicitation (simplequestionand rating scale) were the most simplistic.
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This is asimplequestionfor which there is no simple answer.
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Can we not agree upon an answer to this one,simplequestion?
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This is asimplequestionthat in conventional software engineering, like object-oriented systems, cannot be answered without difficulties.
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At the heart of my exploration is this seeminglysimplequestion: what constitutes a ' good' rock autobiography?
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This is a deceptivelysimplequestionbut it leads directly to core debates and divides which emerged in the 1980s.
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To make it clear, let us begin with asimplequestion: what is the core of ancient rhetorical practice?
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Then, asimplequestionthat elicits any one of these atomic facts represents a benchmark for assessing its informativeness.
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It was not asimplequestionof monarchism versus republicanism, a defence of colonial practices versus independent ones.
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That is thesimplequestion.
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That is mysimplequestion.
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It was asimplequestion.
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I ask thesimplequestion.
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