QUERY

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

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Etymology

Noun

query (plural queries)

A question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK).

A question mark.

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

Hyponyms

• subquery

Verb

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).

Proper noun

Query (plural Querys)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Query is the 24201^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1038 individuals. Query is most common among White (93.55%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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