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query
/ˈkwɪɹ.i/
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What does query mean?
noun
- A question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK).
- A question mark.
- A set of instructions passed to a database.
More meanings (8)
noun
- Ellipsis of query letter.
verb
- To ask a question.
- To ask, inquire.
- To question or call into doubt.
- To pass a set of instructions to a database to retrieve information from it.
- To send a private message to (a user on IRC).
- To send out a query letter.
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkwɪɹ.i/
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The pupil is stimulated by query and suggestion to observe important phenomena, and to draw correct conclusions.
How to discover a solution to this riddle of death seemed a query of more importance than highest problems of the living.
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Gaika, the brother of the chief Sandilli, answers my query on this head, with the words, “Yes, that is their common practice.”
This proved too much for the server, who hailed his brother at the net with the query: "What was wrong that time?"
Nothing more was said, but the query sank deep into the proud heart of the Scotch baron, who returned shortly afterwards to England, burning for revenge.