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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Query \Que"ry\, n.; pl. Queries. [L. quaere, imperative sing. of quaerere, quaesitum to seek or search for, to ask, inquire. Cf. Acquire, Conquer, Exquisite, Quest, Require.]
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A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved.
I shall conclude with proposing only some queries, in order to a . . . search to be made by others.
--Sir I. Newton. A question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about his sincerity.
An interrogation point [?] as the sign of a question or a doubt.
Query \Que"ry\, v. i.
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To ask questions; to make inquiry.
Each prompt to query, answer, and debate.
--Pope. To have a doubt; as, I query if he is right.
Query \Que"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Queried; p. pr. & vb. n. Querying.]
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.
To address questions to; to examine by questions.
To doubt of; to regard with incredulity.
To write `` query'' (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Qu[ae]re.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1530s, quaere "a question," from Latin quaere "ask," imperative of quaerere "to seek, look for; strive, endeavor, strive to gain; ask, require, demand;" figuratively "seek mentally, seek to learn, make inquiry," probably ultimately from PIE *kwo-, root forming the stem of relative and interrogative pronouns (see who). Spelling Englished or altered c.1600 by influence of inquiry.
"to question," 1650s, from query (n.). Related: Queried; querying.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A question or inquiry. 2 A question mark. 3 (context computing databases English) A set of instructions passed to a database. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To ask, inquire. 2 (context intransitive English) To ask a question. 3 (context transitive English) To question or call into doubt.
WordNet
Wikipedia
In general, a query is a form of questioning, in a line of inquiry. A query may also refer to:
- The Queries, a set of 31 questions outlined by Isaac Newton beginning in 1704
- Query (Quaker), a question used for reflection and spiritual exercises among members of the Society of Friends
- Query (complexity), a mapping from structures of one vocabulary to structures of another vocabulary
In computing:
- A precise request for information retrieval with database and information systems
- Query language, a computer language used to make queries into databases and information systems
- Query string, in the World Wide Web, is an optional part of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that follows the first question mark (?)
- Web search query, a query entered by users into web search engines
- Command-query separation (CQS), a concept in object-oriented programming, especially in the Eiffel programming language
- jQuery, a lightweight JavaScript library that emphasizes interaction between JavaScript and HTML
Persons with the surname Query:
- Jeff Query, an American football player
- Nate Query, a musician
Quakers use the term Query to refer to a question or series of questions used for reflection and in spiritual exercises.
Friends have used Queries as tools for offering spiritual challenges to the community for much of their history. Queries often take the form of a collection of themed questions that are read at the beginning of a time of worship or reflection.
Many yearly meetings maintain a set of basic queries in their books of Faith and Practice to provide guidance on certain issues over time. Individuals often offer queries from time to time to provide a spiritual challenge to their local community of Friends.
In descriptive complexity, a query is a mapping from structures of one signature to structures of another vocabulary. Neil Immerman, in his book "Descriptive Complexity", "use[s] the concept of query as the fundamental paradigm of computation" (p. 17).
Given signatures σ and τ, we define the set of structures on each language, STRUC[σ] and STRUC[τ]. A query is then any mapping
I : STRUC[σ] → STRUC[τ]
Computational complexity theory can then be phrased in terms of the power of the mathematical logic necessary to express a given query.
Usage examples of "query".
Without command, moving like a shoal of fish without a leader but with as ingle purpose, laughing sceptic ally or shouting speculation and comment and query, brandishing shields and ancient firearms, the women clutching their infants, and the older children dancing around them or darting ahead, the shapeless mob streamed out of the broken ground and down into the saucer-shaped valley of the wells.
Vicky Grieve queried of Bridie and Teresa as they arrived in the cloakroom where they huntheir coats, exchanging them for the large white aprons they wore while working.
I realized we overburned, I queried the deeby and Clarence gave me a list of maneuver options from his library.
Pelletier, in his photoreduction lab, listened to the call while querying his own system at his lab computer terminal.
The phrases turned with protocolaire elegance that Staff-Captain Ailleret, though far from dense, never even thought of querying.
Any querent has to navigate three Challenges before getting into the castle to query the Good Magician.
The barrier and that which she would conceal is indeed revealed to the clairvoyant, but the matter about which the querent is querying may be obscured.
He tried to evade queries and rest content with the present, well knowing that, when once more he had been claimed by the lonely desert, all his curiosity and doubt would vanish.
Brief queries began to precede blows, and many, realizing their mistakes, turned away from companions to fight back to back against the enemy.
He assumed that his common-band queries had been made while she was phase-shifted.
Many eyes on many worlds would read their messages, but no one on Pluto would know what was up until queries and replies came back from those labs.
There had been a few surprised queries from those who had expected to meet Delia at the party.
Sammy Renton queried when Scan strolled into the room of the condemned house where the others were already gathered and awaiting his arrival.
Bridie queried as they slowly 162 made their way down the stairs, Teresa holding tightly on to her.
Hickok queried, recalling the comments Mousy made in the alley earlier.