- a questionespecially one asking for information or expressing a doubt about something
- Our assistants will be happy to answer your queries.
- If you have a query about your insurance policycontact our helpline.
Extra Examples- I posted my query on the website and got an immediate reply.
- I've a query to put to the last speaker.
- We had queries from people all over the country.
- We regret that we cannot deal with queries on individual cases.
- Have you any queries about what you're supposed to do?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- customer
- search
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- have
- raise
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- query about
- query as to
- query concerning
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- a question mark to show that something has not been finished or decided
- Put a query against Jack's name—I'm not sure if he's coming.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: anglicized form of the Latin imperative quaere!used in the 16th cent. in English as a verb in the sense ‘inquire’ and as a noun meaning ‘query’from Latin quaerere ‘askseek’.
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