The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
querying
present participle of query
querying (not comparable)
Questioning, or prone to asking questions.
querying (plural queryings)
The act of making a query.
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
8 November 2024
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.