Meaning of Query | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK).
2. A surname.
3. A question mark.
4. A set of instructions passed to a database.
5. Ellipsis of query letter.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Equivalents

Examples

“The teacher answered the student’s query concerning biosynthesis.”

“Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.”

“His Glossary has ‘bouchen, to stop people's mouths,’; but this is followed by a query, to show that it was but a guess. I have shown, from the MSS. and other sources, that it should be bonched, i.e. bunched, bumped, knocked, smote.”

“She had written in her diary: "I don't think I am in a concentration-camp??????", the queries growing larger and more numerous till they covered the entire page […]”

“I refer you to your line above, where you use a query and a bang together.”

“The database admin switched on query logging for debugging purposes.”

“Although many agents accept email queries, check to see if they prefer mailed query letters.”

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