in question

en question, dont il est question

Désigne précisément la personne ou la chose dont on est en train de parler.

En anglais simple : The particular person or thing that people are talking about.

• The person in question is my sister.
• Nobody saw him on the night in question.
• Have you read the document in question?

Comment l'utiliser : noun + in question (The vehicle in question belongs to my brother.)

Synonymes : under discussion, at issue

Expressions courantes : person in question, day in question, document in question

mis en doute, contesté

Qui est incertain, dont on doute ou que l'on conteste.

En anglais simple : Uncertain, doubted, or disputed by people.

• His honesty is now in question.
• The future of the school remains in question.
• New evidence has called the result in question.

Comment l'utiliser : something is in question (The safety of the treatment is in question.); call something in question (The discovery called his account in question.)

Synonymes : in doubt, disputed, uncertain

Contraires : certain, undisputed

Expressions courantes : safety in question, future in question, call in question