query en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkwɪɹ.i/ (Canada)
- /ˈkwɪɹ.i/ (General-American)
- /ˈkwi.ɹe/ (Scotland)
- (Texas) audio
- /ˈkwi.ɹɪ/ (Scotland)
- /ˈkwɪə.ɹi/ (Australia)
- /ˈkwɪː.ɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈkwɪə.ɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈkʋɛ.ri/ (South-Asia)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkwiə.ɹi/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˈkwɛː.ɹi/ East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
- /ˈkwɛɹ.i/ (General-American)
Etymology
An anglicisation of quere, an obsolete variant form of Latin quaere, second-person singular present active imperative of quaerō (“seek, look for; ask”); perhaps suffixed with -y (“abstract noun”). Cognate with French quérir, Italian chiedere, Portuguese querer, Romanian cere, and Spanish querer. Compare question.
Meanings
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A question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK).
Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.
1910, Emerson Hough, “The Gateway, and Some Who Passed”, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 29:The teacher answered the student’s query concerning biosynthesis.
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A question mark.
I refer you to your line above, where you use a query and a bang together.
2006, Pip, “Re: Royal Enfield motorbike - why would anyone buy one?”, in rec.motorcycles (Usenet):His Glossary has ‘bouchen, to stop people's mouths,’; but this is followed by a query, to show that it was but a guess. I have shown, from the MSS. and other sources, that it should be bonched, i.e. bunched, bumped, knocked, smote.
1886, Skeat, Address of the President to the Philological Society, Great Britain: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, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:
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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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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of query letter.
alt of query letter
Although many agents accept email queries, check to see if they prefer mailed query letters.
2006, Michael Larsen, How to Get a Literary Agent, Sourcebooks Inc., page 46:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| quæry | alternative, archaic | lexicographic | |
| queries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
querist · queryist · query language · Structured Query Language · query processing · querysome · query plan · multiquery · intraquery · interquery · query string · query-by-query · non-query · counterquery · antiquery
Hyponyms
Translations (69)
tr sorgu (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) · fr requête (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) · fi kysymys (question or inquiry) · pt query (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) · it richiesta (question or inquiry) · sh у̀пит (question or inquiry) · et päring (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) · nl verzoek (question or inquiry) · sh upit (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) · ru вопро́с (question or inquiry) · es consulta (question or inquiry) · sh ùpit (question or inquiry) · pl pytanie (question or inquiry) · da spørgsmål (question or inquiry) · cs dotaz (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) · ru запро́с (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) · fi tiedustelu (question or inquiry) · id kueri (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) · be за́пыт (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) · nl verzoek (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) · ka კითხვა (question or inquiry) · pt consulta (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) · id permintaan (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) · it query (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) · ja 質問 (question or inquiry) · cmn 問題 /问题 (question or inquiry) · eo informpeto (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) · hu lekérdezés (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) · uk за́пит (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) · pt pergunta (question or inquiry) · nb spørring (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) · es consulta (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) · uk запита́ння (question or inquiry) · nb spørsmål (question or inquiry) · cs dotaz (question or inquiry) · th สอบถาม (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) · sv fråga (question or inquiry) · ja クエリ (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) · nl vraag (question or inquiry) · bg въпро́с (question or inquiry) · az sorğu (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) · es pregunta (question or inquiry) · fi kysely (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) · ka შეკითხვა (question or inquiry) · ja 問い合わせ (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) · it quesito (question or inquiry) · hu kérdés (question or inquiry) · pl zapytanie (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) · cmn 質問 /质问 (question or inquiry) · it interrogativo (question or inquiry) · cmn 查詢 /查询 (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) · tr sorgulama (question or inquiry) · de Abfrage (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) · fi kysely (question or inquiry) · fr question (question or inquiry) · ar اِسْتِعْلام (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) · pl kwerenda (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) · ko 질문 (question or inquiry) · et päring (question or inquiry) · da forespørgsel (question or inquiry) · ko 쿼리 (computing: set of instructions passed to a database) · ru запро́с (question or inquiry) · it domanda (question or inquiry) · nb forespørsel (question or inquiry) · eo pridemando (question or inquiry) · grc ἐρώτημα (question or inquiry) · de Frage (question or inquiry) · es interrogante (question or inquiry) · ia inquisition (question or inquiry)