'Query' definitions:

Definition of 'query'

(from WordNet)
noun
An instance of questioning; "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present" [syn: question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation] [ant: answer]
verb
Pose a question [syn: question, query]

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'

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Words containing 'Query'