Query

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A question; an inquiry.
  • n. A doubt in the mind; a mental reservation.
  • n. A notation, usually a question mark, calling attention to an item in order to question its validity or accuracy.
  • v. To express doubt or uncertainty about; question: query someone's motives.
  • v. To put a question to (a person). See Synonyms at ask.
  • v. To mark (an item) with a notation in order to question its validity or accuracy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A question or inquiry.
  • n. A question mark.
  • n. A set of instructions passed to a database.
  • v. To ask, inquire.
  • v. To ask a question.
  • v. To question or call into doubt.
  • v. To pass a query to a database to retrieve information.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved.
  • n. A question in the mind; a doubt.
  • n. An interrogation point [?] as the sign of a question or a doubt.
  • verb-intransitive. To ask questions; to make inquiry.
  • verb-intransitive. To have a doubt.
  • v. To put questions about; to elicit by questioning; to inquire into
  • v. To address questions to; to examine by questions.
  • v. To doubt of; to regard with incredulity.
  • v. To write “ query” (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Quære.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A question; an inquiry to be answered or resolved; specifically, a doubt or challenge, as of a written or printed statement, represented by the interrogation-point (?), or by an abbreviation, q., qy., or qu., or by both.
  • n. Synonyms Inquiry, Interrogation, etc. See question.
  • To put a query; ask a question or questions; express doubt.
  • To mark with a query; express a desire to examine as to the truth of.
  • To seek by questioning; inquire or ask: as, to query the sum or amount; to query the motive or the fact.
  • To examine by questions; address queries to: as, to query a person.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an instance of questioning
  • v. pose a question
  • Verb Form
    queried    queries    querying   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Variant
    queried    quaere   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    question    doubt   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Kashmiri    Peary    peary    peery   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    inquiry    request    reply    message    comment    database    objection    statement    reference    update