we/ verb to ask some-one questions (informal.)

Used in indirect questions to introduce one alternative, Either, in either case; in any case; as, I will go whether or no, pronoun_ Which

as if, Despite the fact that; although, Conceding or supposing that; even if, Granting, admitting, or supposing that; notwithstanding that; if, adverb_ (postpositive) however, degree Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed, However; nevertheless; notwithstanding; -- used in familiar language, and in the middle or at the end of a sentence

The study of the nature of God and religious truth; rational inquiry into religious questions, A course of specialized religious study usually at a college or seminary, The science concerned with ascertaining, classifying, and systematizing all attainable truth concerning God and his relation to the universe; the science of religion; religious truth scientifically stated

The act of testing or proving; trial; proof, The act of conducting a test; trialing, proving, the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned, verb_ Present participle of test, adjective_ difficult, tough

A hard external covering, as that of certain amoebas, dinoflagellates, and sea urchins, A series of questions, problems, or physical responses designed to determine knowledge, intelligence, or ability, A cupel, intransitive verb_ To subject to a test; try, To undergo a test, To achieve a score or rating on tests, transitive verb_ To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try, To administer a test{8} to (someone) for the purpose of ascertaining a person's knowledge or skill; especially, in academic settings, to determine how well a student has learned the subject matter of a course of instruction, (Chem.) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent

An arrangement of lenses or mirrors or both that gathers light, permitting direct observation or photographic recording of distant objects, A telescope with its tube completely filled with water. Such an instrument was used by Airy at Greenwich, about 1870, as part of a zenith-sector, in order to settle by observation certain questions relating to the aberration of light, a telescope which has a simple eyepiece so constructed or used as not to reverse the image formed by the object glass, and consequently exhibits objects inverted, which is not a hindrance in astronomical observations, verb _To extend or contract in the manner of a telescope, crush together or collapse, make smaller or shorter, transitive verb_ to shorten or abridge significantly, Recent To cause to come into collision, so as to telescope, intransitive verb_ To cause to slide inward or outward in overlapping sections, as the cylindrical sections of a small hand telescope do, To make more compact or concise; condense, To slide inward or outward in or as if in overlapping cylindrical sections, adjective_ Capable of being extended or compacted, like a telescope, by the sliding of joints or parts one within the other; telescopic

Of or relating to human society and its modes of organization, Interacting with other people and living in communities, the science of all that relates to the social condition, the relations and institutions which are involved in man's existence and his well-being as a member of an organized community; sociology. It concerns itself with questions of the public health, education, labor, punishment of crime, reformation of criminals, and the like, noun_ A festive gathering to foster introductions, a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity, US Short for social security number

A part or attachment resembling the skirt of a garment, especially, A piece of fabric that extends over or beyond something to afford protection, The lower and hanging part of a coat or other garment; the part of a garment below the waist, verb_ form the edge of, avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues), To move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of, transitive verb_ To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of, To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity, To cover with a skirt; to surround, intransitive verb_ To pass close to; miss narrowly, To lie along or form the edge of; border, To lie along, move along, or be an edge or a border

Used similarly to indicate determination or obligation, particularly in the second and third persons singular and plural, Used in questions to suggest a possible future action, auxiliary Used before a verb in the infinitive to show, Something that will take place or exist in the future, Something that is inevitable