query

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: questioninquiryenquiryinterrogation

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. an instance of questioning“there was a question about my training”“we made inquiries of all those who were present”Synonyms: questioninquiryenquiryinterrogation

Verb (1)

  1. pose a questionSynonyms: question
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Query \Que"ry\, n.; pl. Queries. [L. quaere, imperative sing. of quaerere, quaesitum to seek or search for, to ask, inquire. Cf. Acquire, Conquer, Exquisite, Quest, Require.]

1.A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved. [1913 Webster]

I shall conclude with proposing only some queries, in order to a . . . search to be made by others.— Sir I. Newton.[1913 Webster]

2.A question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about his sincerity. [1913 Webster]

3.An interrogation point [?] as the sign of a question or a doubt. [1913 Webster]

Query \Que"ry\, v. i.

1.To ask questions; to make inquiry. [1913 Webster]

Each prompt to query, answer, and debate.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

2.To have a doubt; as, I query if he is right. [1913 Webster]

Query \Que"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Queried; p. pr. & vb. n. Querying.]

1.To put questions about; to elicit by questioning; to inquire into; as, to query the items or the amount; to query the motive or the fact. [1913 Webster]

2.To address questions to; to examine by questions. [1913 Webster]

3.To doubt of; to regard with incredulity. [1913 Webster]

4.To write " query" (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Qu[ae]re. [1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

query

1.<database, information science> A user's (or agent's) request for information, generally as a formal request to a database or search engine.

SQL is the most common database query language.

2.<character> question mark.

(1997-04-09)

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