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• yes/no question

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?

• yes-or-no question, polar question

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

• true-false