query

C1 Topic:Communication

US /ˈkwɪ.ɹi/ UK /ˈkwɪə.ɹi/ See IPA manual

Freq #27106

Meanings

1

noun
A question, especially one asking for information or expressing a doubt.

The teacher answered the student's query about the homework.
2

verb
To ask a question or express doubt about something.

She queried the bill because the total seemed too high.
3

noun
A request for information sent to a computer database.

The database returned thousands of results for that query.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a question, especially one... inquiry question

2 verb · to ask a question or... question

Word family

Forms queriedqueriesquerying

Derived forms antiquerycounterqueryinterqueryintraquerymultiquerynon-queryoverqueryqueriablequerierqueristquery-by-queryqueryable

Related forms inquiry querent quest question

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Phrases (1)

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query language
a computer language used to request information or operations from stored data

Noun + noun

Etymology

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.

quaere Latin

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Communication Word Formation & Derivatives

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# query

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈkwɪ.ɹi/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkwɪə.ɹi/
**Frequency rank:** 27106

## Meanings
1. A question, especially one asking for information or expressing a doubt.
2. To ask a question or express doubt about something.
3. A request for information sent to a computer database.

## Examples
- The teacher answered the student's query about the homework.
- She queried the bill because the total seemed too high.
- The database returned thousands of results for that query.

## Derived Forms
- antiquery
- counterquery
- interquery
- intraquery
- multiquery
- non-query
- overquery
- queriable
- querier
- querist
- query-by-query
- queryable

## Related Forms
- inquiry
- querent
- quest
- question

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: quaere

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Query: 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. In present-day English it covers a question, especially one asking for information or expressing a doubt, to ask a question or express doubt about something, and a request for information sent to a computer database. The wider family includes derived forms such as antiquery, counterquery, interquery, intraquery, multiquery and related forms such as inquiry, querent, quest, question.

## Topics
- Communication
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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