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query

UK/ˈkwɪə.ɹi/ US/ˈkwɪː.ɹi/ uncommon
verb (1) noun (1)

verb

1.

pose a question

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noun

1.

an instance of questioning

  • “there was a question about my training”
  • “we made inquiries of all those who were present”
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Origin

An anglicisation of quere, an obsolete variant form of Latin quaere, second-person singular present active imperative of quaerō (“seek, look for; ask”); perhaps suffixed with -y (“abstract noun”). Cognate with French quérir, Italian chiedere, Portuguese querer, Romanian cere, and Spanish querer. Compare question.

Phrases

  • query language
  • query plan
  • query processing
  • query string
  • Structured Query Language

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