'Query' definitions:
Definition of 'query'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Query'
From: GCIDE
- Query \Que"ry\, n.; pl. Queries. [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. [1913 Webster]
- I shall conclude with proposing only some queries, in order to a . . . search to be made by others. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about his sincerity. [1913 Webster]
- 3. An interrogation point [?] as the sign of a question or a doubt. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Query'
From: GCIDE
- Query \Que"ry\, v. i.
- 1. To ask questions; to make inquiry. [1913 Webster]
- Each prompt to query, answer, and debate. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To have a doubt; as, I query if he is right. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Query'
From: GCIDE
- Query \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To address questions to; to examine by questions. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To doubt of; to regard with incredulity. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To write " query" (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Qu[ae]re. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'query'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ask,
- ask a question,
- ask about,
- ask questions,
- awake a doubt,
- be curious,
- be diffident,
- be doubtful,
- be dubious,
- be skeptical,
- be uncertain,
- bone of contention,
- bring into question,
- burn with curiosity,
- call in question,
- catechism,
- catechize,
- challenge,
- concern,
- contest,
- cross-interrogatory,
- cross-question,
- debating point,
- demand,
- dig around for,
- dig up,
- dispute,
- distrust,
- doubt,
- dubiety,
- enquiry,
- examine,
- feeler,
- gape,
- gawk,
- greet with skepticism,
- half believe,
- harbor suspicions,
- have reservations,
- inquire,
- inquire of,
- inquiry,
- interpellate,
- interrogate,
- interrogation,
- interrogative,
- interrogatory,
- interview,
- issue,
- leader,
- leading question,
- make inquiry,
- misgive,
- mistrust,
- moot point,
- nose around for,
- nose out,
- peer,
- point at issue,
- point in question,
- problem,
- propose a question,
- propound a question,
- pump,
- put queries,
- question,
- question at issue,
- question mark,
- questioning,
- quiz,
- quodlibet,
- raise a question,
- require an answer,
- reservation,
- rubber,
- rubberneck,
- scepticism,
- scruple,
- seek,
- skepticism,
- smell a rat,
- stare,
- suspect,
- suspicion,
- test,
- throw doubt upon,
- topic,
- treat with reserve,
- trial balloon,
- uncertainty,
- vexed question,
- want to know,
- worm out of