query
Americannoun
plural
queries-
a question; an inquiry.
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mental reservation; doubt.
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Printing. a question mark (?)especially as added on a manuscriptproof sheetor the likeindicating doubt as to some point in the text.
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an inquiry from a writer to an editor of a magazinenewspaperetc.regarding the acceptability of or interest in an idea for an articlenews storyor the like: usually presented in the form of a letter that outlines or describes the projected piece.
verb (used with object)
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to ask or inquire about.
No one queried his presence.
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to question as doubtful or obscure.
to query a statement.
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Printing. to mark (a manuscriptproof sheetetc.) with a query.
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to ask questions of.
noun
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a questionesp one expressing doubtuncertaintyor an objection
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a less common name for question mark
verb
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to express uncertaintydoubtor an objection concerning (something)
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to express as a query
"What's up now?" she queried
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to put a question to (a person); ask
Other Word Forms
- outquery verb (used with object)
- queryingly adverb
- unqueried adjective
Etymology
Origin of query
First recorded in 1625–35; alteration (with the influence of -y 3 ) of earlier quere, from Latin quaere quaere
Example Sentences
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The beloved “Back to the Future” and “Family Ties” star answered his own query via Threadsissuing a call-out post wrapped in some snark and plenty of grace.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 92026
Second Brain was built by a Meta employee on top of Claude and can index and query documents for projectsamong other uses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 222026
Prefill happens when a user enters a promptforcing the model to interpret the query by processing each wordsymbol or image it contains.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 162026
And then he interrupted a question to return to a previous query about his play callingneeding to rebut the strangers on the internet picking apart his work.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 52026
She gathered it with its queryand left it with her replyin one of a number of different hiding places that Oakley Street called left-luggage boxes.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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