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To dispute the validity of
“Some shareholders are expected to query whether this would be the most prudent use of the money.”
To ask someone a question or questions, especially in an interrogative fashion
“No one was ever quite brave enough to query him about his involvement or ask him what those neuroses were.”
To perform an analysis or investigation into something
“Through my readings, I began to query if something central within me was amiss.”
To have or cast doubts about a fact or supposition
“Several minutes after nine, he began to query the clothing he had chosen to don himself with.”
(computing) To pass a set of instructions to a database to retrieve data from it
“Run the following SQL statement to query the database table.”
To have doubts or suspicions about
To implore or make a request for
To put forward one's questions
To think about something with curiosity or doubt
To argue or raise objections about a trivial matter
Puzzles or a questions constructed to exercise the intellect
A feeling that one does not know the truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something
“Before embarking on this task, one obvious query about this way of proceeding needs first to be answered.”
Plural for a question or request for information
“If you have a query regarding someone's book, you can find his or her email address and fire off the question in a matter of minutes.”
Plural for an act of questioning someone or requesting information from them
“On a query of the witness as to where the said person had gone, accused replied he did not know.”
Plural for a search or investigation for information or details
“Officers conducted a query of the suspect's license and discovered that he had an active warrant.”
Plural for an act of asking politely or formally for something
Plural for a slight objection or criticism about a trivial matter
Plural for a matter or concern or a topic of discussion
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