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PREVIOUS QUESTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A motion calling for an immediate vote on the main question under discussion by a deliberative assembly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("previous question" is a kind of...):
order; parliamentary law; parliamentary procedure; rules of order (a body of rules followed by an assembly)
gesture; motion (the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals)