Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To question (someone) closely, to interrogate.

    He quizzed the suspect for around half an hour.

    ausfragen

    опитуванняopytuvannja

  2. (transitive)To instruct (someone) by means of a quiz.

  3. (archaic, transitive)To hoax; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.

  4. (archaic, transitive)To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.

  5. (obsolete, rare, transitive)To play with a quiz.

More definitions
  • examine someone's knowledge of something

Examples

59 sentences
  1. I don't like multiple choice quizzes.

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  2. We had a history quiz this morning.

    deWir hatten heute früh einen Gechichtstest.

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  3. We will have a math quiz tomorrow.

    deWir schreiben morgen einen Mathetest.

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  4. What's your favorite quiz show on TV?

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  5. I studied all week for that quiz.

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Translations

3 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
interrogate:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
interrogate:

Origin

Attested since the 1780s, of unknown origin.

Attested since the 1780s, of unknown origin.

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Forms

quizzes, quizzing, quizzed, quizzed
Base formquiz · to quiz
3rd person singularquizzes
Present participlequizzing
Past simplequizzed
Past participlequizzed

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyquiz
he, she, itquizzes

Past simpleLesson

all personsquizzed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave quizzed
he, she, ithas quizzed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill quiz

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • examine someone's knowledge of something:test

Word family

2 related words
Relatedquizzer
Derivedquizzable

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
quiz — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto