Query Definition

kwîrē
queried, queries, querying
noun
queries
A question; inquiry.
Webster's New World
A doubt.
Webster's New World
A question mark (?) placed after a question or used to question the accuracy of written or printed matter.
Webster's New World

(computing, databases) A set of instructions passed to a database.

The database admin switched on query logging for debugging purposes.
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verb
queried, queries, querying
To ask questions or express doubt.
Webster's New World
To call in question; ask about.
Webster's New World
To question (a person)
Webster's New World
To mark (an item) with a notation in order to question its validity or accuracy.
American Heritage

To mark with a query.

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Other Word Forms of Query

Noun

Singular:
query
Plural:
queries

Origin of Query

  • An anglicisation of quere, an obsolete variant form of Latin quaere, second-person singular present active imperative of quaerō (“seek, look for; ask"). Compare question.

    From Wiktionary

  • Alteration of obsolete quaere, quere from Latin quaere sing. imperative of quaerere to ask, to seek

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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