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Proposal of a kind
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query
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present" [syn: question , inquiry , enquiry , interrogation ] [ant: answer ] v. pose a question [syn: question ] [also: queried ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in 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 ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in 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 ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Query \Que"ry\, v. i. 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.
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.