question and answer
Ask then tell
Question and answer describes a format where information is exchanged through inquiry and response.
A question-and-answer session follows a presentation, allowing audience members to seek clarification.
Q&A is the common abbreviation.
The format structures interviews, FAQs, interrogations, and educational exchanges: The interview was conducted in question-and-answer format.
- inquiryRequest for information
- responseAnswer to stimulus
- queryRequest for information
- replyVerbal or written answer
- askSeek an answer
ask me anything · riddle · quiz · pop quiz · curiosity · dialogue · press conference · interrogation · rapid fire · solve · puzzle · exam · test · interview · probe · raise your hand · clue · hint
- oppositesopposite, opposites, antonym, antonyms, inverse
- catechesiscatechumen, religious education, Christian doctrine, CCD, Christian doctrines
- dialecticsdialectic, dialectics, Socratic method, Socratic dialogue, thesis
- satsangdarshan, devotional singing, aarti, puja, scripture reading
- oral examsoral exam, oral boards, oral board, viva, viva voce
- Turn-takingconversation, dialogue, exchange, speaking, listening
question and answermonologue
Uninterrupted solo address
lecture · soliloquy · sermon · speech · presentation
question and answerevasion
Act of escaping detection
obfuscation · deflection · stonewalling · non-answer · ambiguity
question and answercasual chat
stream of consciousness · open dialogue · small talk · chitchat · banter
question, answer, questions, answers, questioned, questioning, questioner, questioners, questionable