Antonyms for query
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : kweer-ee |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɪər i |
Definition of query
Origin :- 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.
- noun demand for answers
- verb ask
- But it is needless to complete the query; the answer alone is important.
- Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
- There was something half-plaintive in the modulated cadences of the query.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Then, in his turn, Burke put the query that the girl had put to him a little while before.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- And then her insolence reached its culmination in a query of her own: "Was his name Griggs?"
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Porter went on as though he had not heard the daughter's query.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- These were the exclamations of surprise and query that came from all present.
- Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
- He was almost surprised to hear his own voice put the query.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- There was gentle accompaniment on the panel to the query, “Are you asleep?”
- Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
- Cullingworth's eyes shot round to me to see what I thought of such a query.
- Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
- "Close enough," Beardsley nodded, refusing to be enticed from his query.
- Extract from : « We're Friends, Now » by Henry Hasse
Synonyms for query
- catechize
- challenge
- concern
- disbelieve
- dispute
- distrust
- doubt
- dubiety
- enquire
- examine
- hit up
- impeach
- impugn
- inquire
- inquiry
- interrogate
- interrogation
- interrogatory
- knock
- mistrust
- objection
- problem
- put out a feeler question
- question
- questioning
- quiz
- reservation
- skepticism
- suspect
- suspicion
- test the waters
- uncertainty
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