question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation
(noun) an instance of questioning; “there was a question about my training”; “we made inquiries of all those who were present”
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 Quære.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 April 2025
(noun) maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; “in focus”; “out of focus”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
