query : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: query	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for query
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
query n an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present" Synonym(s): question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation Antonym(s): answer v pose a question Synonym(s): question, query
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Query \Que"ry\, n.; pl. {Queries}. [L. quaere, imperative sing. of quaerere, quaesitum to seek or search for, to ask, inquire. Cf. {Acquire}, {Conquer}, {Exquisite}, {Quest}, {Require}.] 1. A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved. I shall conclude with proposing only some queries, in order to a . . . search to be made by others. --Sir I. Newton. 2. A question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about his sincerity. 3. An interrogation point [?] as the sign of a question or a doubt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Query \Que"ry\, v. i. 1. To ask questions; to make inquiry. Each prompt to query, answer, and debate. --Pope. 2. To have a doubt; as, I query if he is right.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Query \Que"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Queried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Querying}.] 1. To put questions about; to elicit by questioning; to inquire into; as, to query the items or the amount; to query the motive or the fact. 2. To address questions to; to examine by questions. 3. To doubt of; to regard with incredulity. 4. To write [bd] query[b8] (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See {Qu[91]re}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
query 1. A user's (or {agent}'s) request for information, generally as a formal request to a {database} or {search engine}. {SQL} is the most common {database query language}. 2. {question mark}. (1997-04-09)