query

1. 1.

   an instance of questioning

   “there was a question about my training”

   “we made inquiries of all those who were present”

   Synonymsquestioninquiryenquiryinterrogation

   Broaderquestioning

1. 1.

   pose a question

   Synonymsquestion

   Broaderask

   Narrowerwonderinterpellateexaminepumpcheck outdebrief

Other forms of query

plural

queries·

past tense or participle

queried

present participle

querying·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about query

What does query mean?

query means "an instance of questioning". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in query?

query has 2 syllables: que-ry. The stress falls on "que". In IPA it is /ˈkwiɹi/.

What is another word for query?

Close synonyms include question, inquiry, enquiry, interrogation, question. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is query a common word?

query is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.