query.
A question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK).
Meaning & usage
A question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK).
The teacher answered the student’s query concerning biosynthesis.
A question mark.
A set of instructions passed to a database.
The database admin switched on query logging for debugging purposes.
Ellipsis of query letter.
Where this word comes from
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.
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.
Where this word comes from
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.
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