query
query is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 8 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about his sincerity.
- 2.An interrogation point [] as the sign of a question or a doubt.
- 3.To ask questions; to make inquiry. Each prompt to query, answer, and debate. Pope.
- 4.To have a doubt; as, I query if he is right.
- 5.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.
- 6.To address questions to; to examine by questions.
- 7.To doubt of; to regard with incredulity.
- 8.To write " query" (qu., qy., or ) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Quære.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is query.
- What is a question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about his sincerity called?
- What is an interrogation point [] as the sign of a question or a doubt called?
- What is to ask questions; to make inquiry. Each prompt to query, answer, and debate. Pope called?
- What is to have a doubt; as, I query if he is right called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is to address questions to; to examine by questions called?
- What is to doubt of; to regard with incredulity called?
- What is to write " query" (qu., qy., or ) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Quære called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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