question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation
(noun) an instance of questioning; āthere was a question about my trainingā; āwe made inquiries of all those who were presentā
question, query
(verb) pose a question
Source: WordNet® 3.1
query (plural queries)
A question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK).
A question mark.
(computing, databases) A set of instructions passed to a database.
• subquery
query (third-person singular simple present queries, present participle querying, simple past and past participle queried)
(intransitive) To ask a question.
(transitive) To ask, inquire.
(transitive) To question or call into doubt.
(computing, databases) To pass a set of instructions to a database to retrieve information from it.
(transitive, internet) To send a private message to (a user on IRC).
Query (plural Querys)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Query is the 24201st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1038 individuals. Query is most common among White (93.55%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Que"ry, n.; pl. Queries. Etym: [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.
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.
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 QuƦre.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
