questionary

A researcher hands out a questionary to participants in a study.

Definition

1. Noun (rare or archaic):
   • A set of questions used for gathering information; synonymous with "questionnaire."
   • A written or printed list of questions, often used in surveys, research, or official inquiries.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The researcher distributed a questionary to all participants in the study. (A set of questions for data collection.)
  • The company sent out a questionary to gauge employee satisfaction. (A survey form.)

Advanced Usage

• "to administer a questionary": to provide and collect a set of questions for a specific purpose.

  • The university administered a questionary to new students about their housing preferences. (They gave out and gathered the survey.)

• "to fill in a questionary": to complete the written set of questions.

  • Please fill in this questionary before leaving the office. (Complete the form.)

Variants and Related Words

• Questionnaire (n): the more common and modern term for a set of questions used for data collection.

  • The questionnaire was designed to assess customer satisfaction. (A formal survey.)

• Question (n): a single item asking for information.

  • Each question in the survey was carefully worded. (An individual query.)

Synonyms

• Survey: a method of gathering data from a group of people.
• Poll: a set of questions to measure public opinion.
• Form: a document with spaces for answers.

Related Idioms

• No common idioms are associated with "questionary" due to its rare usage. However, the related term "questionnaire" appears in phrases such as "to be a walking questionnaire" (informal), meaning someone who asks many questions, but this is not a standard idiom for "questionary" itself.