Word Meaning

query definition and meaning

n. A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved.
n. A question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about his sincerity.
n. An interrogation point [?] as the sign of a question or a doubt.
v. i. To ask questions; to make inquiry.
v. i. To have a doubt; as, I query if he is right.
v. t. 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.
v. t. To address questions to; to examine by questions.
v. t. To doubt of; to regard with incredulity.
v. t. To write " query" (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Quaere.