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que·ry | \ ˈkwir-ē 
, ˈkwer- \
, ˈkwer- \ plural queries
Definition of query
(Entry 1 of 2)
query
verbqueried; querying
Definition of query (Entry 2 of 2)
1 : to ask questions of especially with a desire for authoritative information
2 : to ask questions about especially in order to resolve a doubt
3 : to put as a question
4 : to mark with a query
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Synonyms & Antonyms for query
Synonyms: Noun
- distrust,
- distrustfulness,
- doubt,
- dubiety,
- dubitation
- [archaic],
- incertitude,
- misdoubt,
- misgiving,
- mistrust,
- mistrustfulness,
- reservation,
- skepticism,
- suspicion,
- uncertainty
Synonyms: Verb
Antonyms: Noun
Antonyms: Verb
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Examples of query in a Sentence
Noun
I have a query about my order.
The librarian responded to my query. Verb
They conducted a survey in which several hundred people were queried about their dietary habits.
it seems odd that someone would want two stoves, so you'd better query that order
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Recent Examples on the Web: Noun The Census Bureau will ask questions ranging from how many people live in a household to queries about income, race and gender.
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Obed Manuel, Dallas News, "Five things to know about the 2020 census and how it impacts you," 1 Jan. 2020 Representatives of Apple, who don’t normally comment on litigation, didn’t immediately respond to a query about the suit.
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Susan Decker, Fortune, "Apple Sued by New York Doctor Over Watch’s Heart Technology," 27 Dec. 2019 The State Department had offered only a cryptic response to queries, defending the assistance but also calling for Lebanese authorities to implement economic reforms and rein in corruption.
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NBC News, "Trump administration quietly releases Lebanon military aid after mysterious delay," 2 Dec. 2019 In response to queries by female veterans and girls, BMC Toys will release a set of female Army soldiers in all the classic poses, including holding bazookas and shooting rifles.
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Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "A Six-Year-Old Girl Asked for Green Army Women. The Toy Company Listened.," 9 Sep. 2019 Opera had not responded to Quartz’s follow-up email queries ahead of publication.
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Yomi Kazeem, Quartz Africa, "A Chinese super app is facing claims of predatory consumer lending in Nigeria, Kenya and India," 21 Jan. 2020 The smartphone enables students to look up unfamiliar terms or dates the teacher mentions without skipping a beat, provided that the teacher allows students to augment lectures with phone queries.
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Laura Kroeger, Cincinnati.com, "Six ways smartphones enhance learning," 21 Jan. 2020 That's the big question going into the 2020 Oscars, but there's a bigger query ahead of the show: Who will be nominated?
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Anika Reed, USA TODAY, "Oscars 2020: How to watch the nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards live," 13 Jan. 2020 The through line of her approach, at any age, is letting students’ queries guide her instruction.
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Sarah Carr, The Atlantic, "What Sex Ed Could Be," 13 Jan. 2020 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Chopra was queried on when the first Sikh emigrated to the United States.
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George Castle, chicagotribune.com, "Residents thirsty for answers ‘Coffee with Clergy’ provides about different faiths, cultures," 27 Sep. 2019 Every one of the 21 finalists for tenured positions whom UC Davis has investigated since the policy was implemented has come up clean (based on responses from 30 of the 31 institutions that the university queried).
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Jeffrey Mervis, Science | AAAS, "NSF unwittingly hired a professor guilty of bullying, highlighting the ‘pass the harasser’ problem," 18 Nov. 2019 Teresa, originally Gina’s star protégé, begins to query her mentor about the impending culture war.
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Nora Kenney, National Review, "Heroes of the Fourth Turning Is a Play about ‘Crunchy Conservatives’ and a Growing Populist Divide," 16 Nov. 2019 Once this network is up, the app connects to it automatically, queries the device, then sends the credentials to the local network.
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Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, "Ring-a-ding: IoT doorbell exposed customer Wi-Fi passwords to eavesdroppers," 8 Nov. 2019 People familiar with the matter said Horowitz queried U.S. intelligence agencies to determine whether there was any truth to that claim, and found no evidence Mifsud was a U.S. asset.
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Matt Zapotosky And Devlin Barrett, courant.com, "Barr’s prosecutor tells inspector general he can’t back right-wing theory that Russia case was U.S. intelligence setup," 4 Dec. 2019 The fictional country was removed from the list after NBC queried the addition.
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Rachael Bunyan, Time, "U.S. Government Lists Fictional Nation From Marvel Movie Black Panther as Trade Partner in Bureaucratic Mishap," 19 Dec. 2019 In our case, each and every time the chip is queried, a different identification number is provided.
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Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, "5 Impressive Ways Criminals Use Wireless Signals to Steal Everything—Even Your Car," 27 Nov. 2019 When a chip is queried by the reader, the first thing that is provided is the chip’s serial number.
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Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, "5 Impressive Ways Criminals Use Wireless Signals to Steal Everything—Even Your Car," 27 Nov. 2019
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More Definitions for query
query
noun English Language Learners Definition of query
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a question or a request for information about something
query
verbEnglish Language Learners Definition of query (Entry 2 of 2)
chiefly US : to ask (someone) a question
: to ask questions or express doubt about (something)
: to ask (a question)
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query
nounque·ry | \ ˈkwir-ē , ˈkwer-ē \
, ˈkwer-ē \ plural queries
Kids Definition of query
(Entry 1 of 2)
: question entry 1 sense 1 My queries went unanswered.
query
verbqueried; querying
Kids Definition of query (Entry 2 of 2)
1 : to put as a question
“Can I come?” she queried.
2 : to ask questions about especially in order to clear up a doubt
They queried his decision.
3 : to ask questions of
I'll query the professor.
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The first known use of query was in 1614
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