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  1. noun A question; an inquiry.
  2. noun A doubt in the mind; a mental reservation.
  3. noun A notation, usually a question mark, calling attention to an item in order to question its validity or accuracy.
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  • Thus rejecting results reached by the ballot as now in practical use, a query is already in the minds of those who listen. —  'Tis Sixty Years Since
  • What happened to that scheme The man who put this query was the fellow who had just been criticized for the failure in Jefferson City The leader did not relish the criticism. —  086 - The Evil Gnome
  • Your query should be answered in the first page of results. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • This query is the same as the one we saw at the start of the —  SQLServerCentral.com Articles
  • Although this query is almost identical to the previous query, and it includes an —  SQLServerCentral.com Articles
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inquiry ·  request ·  reply ·  message ·  comment ·  database ·  objection ·  statement ·  reference ·  update ·  exclamation ·  code

Used in the same contextWord Family

query:   queries ·  querying ·  queried
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Alteration of obsolete quaere, quere, from Latin quaere, imperative of quaerere, to ask, to seek.

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  1. Formerly, as L., quære, being the L. quære, ask, inquire (i. e. ‘inquire further into this,’ ‘look this up’), 2d person singular imperative of quærere, seek, search for, ask, inquire: much used as a marginal note or memorandum to indicate a question or doubt, and hence taken as a noun: see quest.
  2. from query, n.
 

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