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que⋅ry
[kweer-ee] 
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noun, plural -ries, verb, -ried, -ry⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | a question; an inquiry. |
| 2. | mental reservation; doubt. |
| 3. | Printing. a question mark (?), esp. as added on a manuscript, proof sheet, or the like, indicating doubt as to some point in the text. |
| 4. | an inquiry from a writer to an editor of a magazine, newspaper, etc., regarding the acceptability of or interest in an idea for an article, news story, or the like: usually presented in the form of a letter that outlines or describes the projected piece. |
–verb (used with object)
| 5. | to ask or inquire about: No one queried his presence. |
| 6. | to question as doubtful or obscure: to query a statement. |
| 7. | Printing. to mark (a manuscript, proof sheet, etc.) with a query. |
| 8. | to ask questions of. |
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| que·ry (kwîr'ē) n. pl. que·ries
[Alteration of obsolete quaere, quere, from Latin quaere, imperative of quaerere, to ask, to seek.] que'ri·er n. |
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Query
Que"ry\, n.; pl. Queries. [L. quaere, imperative sing. of quaerere, quaesitum to seek or search for, to ask, inquire. Cf. Acquire, Conquer, Exquisite, Quest, Require.]1. A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved. I shall conclude with proposing only some queries, in order to a . . . search to be made by others. --Sir I. Newton. 2. A question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about his sincerity. 3. An interrogation point [?] as the sign of a question or a doubt.Query
Que"ry\, v. i. 1. To ask questions; to make inquiry. Each prompt to query, answer, and debate. --Pope. 2. To have a doubt; as, I query if he is right.Query
Que"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Queried; p. pr. & vb. n. Querying.]1. To put questions about; to elicit by questioning; to inquire into; as, to query the items or the amount; to query the motive or the fact. 2. To address questions to; to examine by questions. 3. To doubt of; to regard with incredulity. 4. To write " query" (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Qu[ae]re.
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Language Translation for : query
Spanish:
pregunta,
German:
die Frage,
Japanese:
質問
query
1535, quære, from L. quære "ask," imperative of quærere "to seek, gain, ask," probably ultimately from PIE *kwo-, base forming the stem of relative and interrogative pronouns. Spelling altered c.1600 by influence of inquiry. The noun in the sense of "a question" is attested from 1635.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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query
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SQL is the most common database query language.
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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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