British English pronunciation
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query in British English
nounWord forms: plural -ries
1.
a question, esp one expressing doubt, uncertainty, or an objection
2. a less common name for question mark
verbWord forms: -ries, -rying, -ried (transitive)
3.
to express uncertainty, doubt, or an objection concerning (something)
4.
to express as a query
"What's up now?" she queried
5. US
to put a question to (a person); ask
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Word origin
C17: from earlier quere, from Latin quaere ask!, from quaerere to seek, inquire
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query in American English
nounWord forms: plural ˈqueries
1.
a question; inquiry
2.
a doubt
3.
a question mark (?) placed after a question or used to question the accuracy of written or printed matter
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈqueried or ˈquerying
4.
to call in question; ask about
5.
to question (a person)
6.
to mark with a query (sense 3)
verb intransitive
7.
to ask questions or express doubt
SIMILAR WORDS: ask
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Word origin
< L quaere, 2d pers. sing., imper., of quaerere, to ask, inquire
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query in American English
(ˈkwɪəri) (noun plural -ries, verb -ried, -rying)
noun
1.
a question; an inquiry
2.
mental reservation; doubt
3.Printing
a question mark (?), esp. as added on a manuscript, proof sheet, or the like, indicating doubt as to some point in the text
4.
an inquiry from a writer to an editor of a magazine, newspaper, etc., regarding the acceptability of or interest in an idea for an article, news story, or the like: usually presented in the form of a letter that outlines or describes the projected piece
transitive verb
5.
to ask or inquire about
No one queried his presence
6.
to question as doubtful or obscure
to query a statement
7.Printing
to mark (a manuscript, proof sheet, etc.) with a query
8.
to ask questions of
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Derived forms
queryingly
adverb
Word origin
[1625–35; alter. (cf. -y3) of earlier quere ‹ L quaere quaere]
Examples of 'query' in a sentence
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During the referendum process these figures were robustly queried but upheld by nationalist leaders. The Guardian (2015) The Guardian (2015) The Guardian (2018) The Guardian (2017) The Guardian (2019) Times, Sunday Times (2010) Times, Sunday Times (2008) The Sun (2012) Times, Sunday Times (2010) Times, Sunday Times (2011)
COBUILD Collocations
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