query

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English

Alternative forms

• quæry (archaic)

Etymology

An anglicisation of quere, an obsolete variant form of Latin quaere, second-person singular present active imperative of quaerō (“seek, look for; ask”). Cognate with French quérir, Italian chiedere, Portuguese querer, Romanian cere, and Spanish querer. Compare question.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɪə.ɹi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɪ.ɹi/, /ˈkwɛ.ɹi/
• Rhymes: -ɪəɹi, -ɛɹi

Noun

query (plural queries)

1. A question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK).
2. A question mark.
3. (computing, databases) A set of instructions passed to a database.

4. (publishing) Short for query letter.

Hyponyms

• doubt
• subquery

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References

• Query on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

query (third-person singular simple present queries, present participle querying, simple past and past participle queried)

1. (intransitive) To ask a question.
2. (transitive) To ask, inquire.
3. (transitive) To question or call into doubt.
4. (computing, databases) To pass a set of instructions to a database to retrieve information from it.
5. (transitive, Internet) To send a private message to (a user on IRC).
6. (intransitive, publishing) To send out a query letter.

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