query

v. ask, inquire; examine, investigate; consider doubtful, distrust

n. question; doubt, reservation; question mark; request to retrieve information from a database (Computers)

In general, a query is a form of questioning, in a line of inquiry. A query may also refer to:The Queries - a set of 31 questions outlined by Isaac Newton beginning in 1704, which stimulated the development of chemistry in the 18th century.A precise request for information, typically keywords combined with boolean operators and other modifiers, in the field of information retrieval.A database query, the standard way information is extracted from databases. Query language and database query language, ways of specifying a query.Web search query, queries entered by users into web search engines.Command-Query Separation (CQS), a concept in object-oriented programming, especially in the Eiffel programming language.The question mark, especially as used by programmers (analogous to the use of "bang" for the exclamation mark).Query (Quaker), a question used for reflection and spiritual exercises among members of the Society of Friends.The formal name for a proposal letter (and perhaps accompanying materials) sent by an author to a literary agent or publisher to garner interest in a new work.Query (complexity)jQueryQuery (clinical trials)
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Noun
1. an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present"
(synonym) question, inquiry, enquiry, interrogation
(hypernym) questioning, inquiring
(derivation) question
Verb
1. pose a question
(synonym) question
(hypernym) ask
(hyponym) wonder, inquire, enquire
(derivation) inquirer, enquirer, questioner, querier, asker

(v. t.)
To write " query" (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Quaere.
  

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. t.)
To doubt of; to regard with incredulity.
  

(v. t.)
To address questions to; to examine by questions.
  

(v. i.)
To have a doubt; as, I query if he is right.
  

(v. i.)
To ask questions; to make inquiry.
  

(n.)
An interrogation point [?] as the sign of a question or a doubt.
  

(n.)
A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved.
  

(n.)
A question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about his sincerity.
  

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.  question mark.
(1997-04-09)