Query

['kwɪərɪ] or ['kwɪri]

Definition

(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.

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

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

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

(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 address questions to; to examine by questions.

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

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

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Question, inquiry, interrogatory.

v. n. Make inquiry, ask questions.

v. a. [1]. Question, inquire into.[2]. Doubt, controvert, dispute, hesitate to believe, consider questionable.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Question, interrogation, inquiry

ANT:Answer

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Definition

n. an inquiry: the mark of interrogation.—v.t. to inquire into: to question: to doubt of: to mark with a query.—v.i. to question:—pa.t. and pa.p. quē′ried.—adj. Ques′itive interrogatory.

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