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Synonyms for query

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : kweer-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɪər i

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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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