Sekirov Dictionary

query

UK /ˈkwɪə.ɹi/US /ˈkwɪɹ.i/

verb 6
noun 4
forms 5

verb6

To ask a question.
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To ask, inquire.
- It’s queried whether there be any Science in the sense of the Dogmatists: […] — 1661
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To pass a set of instructions to a database to retrieve information from it.
- Linked tables can be accessed, queried, combined and reorganised much more flexibly and in a number of ways that may not be immediately predictable when the database is under construction. — 1999
To question or call into doubt.
To send out a query letter.
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(Internet) To send a private message to (a user on IRC).
- if you know someone who is in the channel, you can query them and ask for the key. — 2000

noun4

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A question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK).
- The teacher answered the student’s query concerning biosynthesis.
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A set of instructions passed to a database.
- The database admin switched on query logging for debugging purposes.
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Ellipsis of query letter.
- Although many agents accept email queries, check to see if they prefer mailed query letters. — 2006
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A question mark.
- She had written in her diary: "I don't think I am in a concentration-camp??????", the queries growing larger and more numerous till they covered the entire page […] — 1973

forms

queried · querying · queries · querieth · queriest

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