query Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an instance of questioning
    enquiry; inquiry; interrogation; question.
    • there was a question about my training
    • we made inquiries of all those who were present
  2. verb pose a question
    question.

WordNet

Que"ry noun
Etymology
L. quaere, imperative sing. of quaerere, quaesitum to seek or search for, to ask, inquire. Cf. Acquire, Conquer, Exquisite, Quest, Require.
Wordforms
plural Queries
Definitions
  1. 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.
  2. A question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about his sincerity.
  3. An interrogation point [?] as the sign of a question or a doubt.
Que"ry intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To ask questions; to make inquiry.
    Each prompt to query, answer, and debate. Pope.
  2. To have a doubt; as, I query if he is right.
Que"ry transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Queried ; present participle & verbal noun Querying
Definitions
  1. 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.
  2. To address questions to; to examine by questions.
  3. To doubt of; to regard with incredulity.
  4. To write " query" (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Quære.

Webster 1913