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Definition of questionnaire noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

questionnaire

noun
 
/ˌkwestʃəˈneə(r)/
 
/ˌkwestʃəˈner/
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  1. a written list of questions that are answered by a number of people so that information can be collected from the answers
    • (British English) to fill in a questionnaire
    • (especially North American English) to fill out a questionnaire
    • questionnaire on/about something Local companies were asked to complete a questionnaire about their exports.
    Extra Examples
    • Most of the people who responded to the questionnaire were supportive.
    • The college is now analysing thousands of questionnaires.
    • Companies were sent a questionnaire on their environmental practices.
    • Completed questionnaires should be returned by the end of the month.
    • The questionnaire was about the different countries we had visited.
    • The survey was conducted by questionnaire.
    • There followed a multiple-choice questionnaire.
    • We drew up a questionnaire for health professionals.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • brief
    • short
    • simple
    verb + questionnaire
    • design
    • develop
    • prepare
    preposition
    • questionnaire about
    • questionnaire concerning
    • questionnaire on
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    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French, from questionner ‘to question’.
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