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query (kwir′ē, kwer′ē)

noun pl. queries -·ries

  1. a question; inquiry
  2. a doubt
  3. a question mark (?) placed after a question or used to question the accuracy of written or printed matter

Etymology: < L quaere, 2d pers. sing., imper., of quaerere, to ask, inquire

transitive verb queried -·ried, querying -·ry·ing

  1. to call in question; ask about
  2. to question (a person)
  3. to mark with a query (sense )

intransitive verb

to ask questions or express doubt

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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