plural queries
queried; querying
1
: to ask questions of especially with a desire for authoritative information
2
: to ask questions about especially in order to resolve a doubt
3
: to put as a question
4
: to mark with a query
querier
noun
Examples of query in a Sentence
Noun
I have a query about my order.
The librarian responded to my query.
Verb
They conducted a survey in which several hundred people were queried about their dietary habits.
it seems odd that someone would want two stovesso you'd better query that order
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Steve FryerOc Register10 May 2026
The new exploration box will link to articles and analysis that is relevant to the query in a bullet point list.
—ArsTechnica8 May 2026
Angela VelasquezFootwear News7 May 2026
One such template application involves encrypted semantic searchwhich queries databases or datasets and returns relevant results based on the context or meaning of the search terms rather than keywords that match them.
—IEEE Spectrum30 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Most of the queries Hoggatt received Saturday morning were about why a league champion was playing a first-round away game against a team that had finished lower in its league’s standings.
—Steve FryerOc Register10 May 2026
The new exploration box will link to articles and analysis that is relevant to the query in a bullet point list.
—ArsTechnica8 May 2026
Verb
On Thursdaythe denim giant introduced conversational analyticsa new capability that allows employees to query the company’s data in their common language and receive secureaccurate and immediate answers.
—Angela VelasquezFootwear News7 May 2026
One such template application involves encrypted semantic searchwhich queries databases or datasets and returns relevant results based on the context or meaning of the search terms rather than keywords that match them.
—IEEE Spectrum30 Apr. 2026
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“Query.” Merriam-Webster.com DictionaryMerriam-Websterhttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/query. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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query
2 of 2 verb
queried; querying
1
: to ask questions about especially in order to clear up doubts
2
: to put as a question
queried the matter to their teacher
3
: to ask questions of
queried the professor
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