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query (iou)



query noun & verb. M17.
[Anglicized from quere obsolete var. of QUAERE.]
A. noun. A question, esp. one expressing some doubt or objection; (chiefly Typography) a question mark (?). Also used to introduce a question or to question the accuracy or validity of any following word or statement (partly repr. the verb in imper., partly a spoken substitute for the symbol ?). M17.
R. Lehmann 'You reminded me of someone I once knew...' (Query her sister?) N. Young He punctured the..rhetoric of the conference with simple incisive queries. H. Kissinger His queries had been answered several times.
Comb.: query language Computing a language for the specification of procedures for the retrieval (and sometimes also modification) of information from a database.
b. verb.
verb trans. Put as a question. Long rare or obsolete. M17.
verb trans. Ask, inquire, (whether, if, what, etc., in imper. now also interpreted as noun). Also with direct speech as obj. M17.
Horace Walpole Should not one query whether he had..those proofs..antecedent to the cabinet? L. M. Montgomery 'Did you hear what I said, Anne?' queried Mr. Phillips.
b. verb intrans. Ask a question or questions. L17.
Ask a question of (a person). Now chiefly US. M17.
Daily Times (Lagos) When these officers were queried, they felt unhappy.
Question the accuracy of; mark as doubtful. L18.
C. Hampton The Company's final decision And it wasn't for him to query it. M. Forster Mrs Jameson's mind was sharp and..she queried all received ideas.
querier noun (rare) L17.
querying noun the action of the verb; an instance of this, a query: L19.
queryingly adverb in a querying manner L19.