query

query
n
1. question, interrogatory, inquiry; interrogation, questioning, asking; issue, problem, poser, matter in dispute, question at issue, knotty point; request, demand, desideratum; quandary, dilemma, perplexity, confusion, ambiguity; investigation, inquest, exploration, probe.
2. doubt, uncertainty, hesitation, reservation, indecision, undecidedness, irresolution; incertitude, dubiety, dubiousness, lack of certainty; incredulity, skepticism.
v
3. ask, inquire, question, ask questions; quiz, catechize, probe, examine, test; interrogate, Inf. grill, pump, cross-examine, U.S. give the third degree, interpellate; sound out, ferret out, fish out, nose out; analyze, look into, investigate, scrutinize; examine, survey, probe, fathom.
4. doubt, suspect, mistrust, distrust, have one's doubts, entertain doubts, be uncertain, not know what to think, disbelieve, misbelieve; harbor suspicions, consider questionable, hesitate to believe, Inf. smell a rat, Inf. take with a grain of salt.
5. dispute, challenge, raise objections, protest, controvert; take exception, object, demur.

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  • Query — Que ry, v. i. 1. To ask questions; to make inquiry. [1913 Webster] Each prompt to query, answer, and debate. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. To have a doubt; as, I query if he is right. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • query — index challenge, check (inspect), cross examination, cross examine, cross questioning, dispute (contest) …   Law dictionary

  • query — ► NOUN (pl. queries) 1) a question, especially one expressing doubt. 2) chiefly Printing a question mark. ► VERB (queries, queried) 1) ask a query. 2) N. Amer. put a query or queries to …   English terms dictionary

  • 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. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Quéry — Nom surtout porté dans la Somme et dans l Aisne. On le trouve aujourd hui aussi au Canada et en Martinique. On connaît en Bretagne la variante Quérie (56). En Picardie, il s agit de celui qui est originaire de la commune de Quiéry (62). Dans le… …   Noms de famille

  • query — [n] demand for answers concern, doubt, dubiety, inquiry, interrogation, interrogatory, mistrust, objection, problem, question, questioning, reservation, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainty; concepts 21,48,53,662 Ant. answer, reply query [v] ask… …   New thesaurus

  • query — [kwir′ē, kwer′ē] n. pl. queries [< L quaere, 2d pers. sing., imper., of quaerere, to ask, inquire] 1. a question; inquiry 2. a doubt 3. a question mark (?) placed after a question or used to question the accuracy of written or printed matter… …   English World dictionary

  • query — (v.) 1530s, quaere, from L. quaere ask, imperative of quaerere to seek, gain, ask, probably ultimately from PIE *kwo , root forming the stem of relative and interrogative pronouns. Spelling altered c.1600 by influence of inquiry. The noun in the… …   Etymology dictionary

  • query — /ˈkweri, ingl. ˈkwɪərɪ/ [vc. ingl., dall imperat. lat. quaere «chiedi»] s. f. inv. (elab.) interrogazione …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • query — vb *ask, question, interrogate, inquire, examine, quiz, catechize …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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