query
IPA: kwˈɪri
noun
- A question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK).
- A question mark.
- (computing, databases) A set of instructions passed to a database.
- A surname.
verb
- (intransitive) To ask a question.
- (transitive) To ask, inquire.
- (transitive) To question or call into doubt.
- (computing, databases) To pass a set of instructions to a database to retrieve information from it.
- (transitive, Internet) To send a private message to (a user on IRC).
- (intransitive, publishing) To send out a query letter.
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Examples of "query" in Sentences
- He wrote a query.
- Here is the query I gathered.
- I am the originator of the query.
- Please remove the query from the website.
- Thanks for the response to the Solozzo query.
- My query is the again the inclusion in genocide.
- It would therefore be churlish to query the name.
- The internal bitmap is discarded after the query.
- In general, the smaller the query rectangle, the more efficient the query.
- Please, that's one query I could have answered from a semi conscious state.
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