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Query

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈkwɪə.ɹi

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.

Equivalents

29 more languages
Azərbaycan dilisorğu
Беларускаязапыт
Češtinadotaz
Ελληνικάρώτημα
Eestipäring
עבריתשאילתה
Bahasa Indonesiakueripermintaan
Қазақ тілісұрау
한국어질문쿼리

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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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