QUERY
What does "QUERY" mean?
A question, especially one expressing doubt or seeking information.
Meanings
- A question, often raising a doubt or asking for clarification. She had one final query about the contract.
- A request for information from a database or search system. The query returned over a thousand matching records. technical
- To ask a question about; to express doubt regarding. He queried the figure on the final invoice.
Did you know?
- 'Query' began as a command, not a noun: it's the Latin imperative 'quaere' meaning 'ask!', the same root 'quaerere' that branches out into 'question', 'inquire', and 'quest'.
Word origin
From Latin 'quaere', the imperative 'ask!' (from 'quaerere', to seek or ask); it entered English as a scholar's marginal note flagging something to be questioned.
Remember it
QUERY starts like QUEstion and ends like a wRY raised eyebrow - a doubt put into words.
A little poem
A single hooked mark-
the question mark leans forward,
patient for answer.
haiku
Wordplay
- The database walked into a bar and asked, 'Can I join this table?' That was its only query.
What it teaches
Every answer worth having starts as a query someone was brave enough to type.
Quick facts
What does QUERY mean?
A question, especially one expressing doubt or seeking information.
Is QUERY a valid word?
Yes — QUERY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is QUERY?
QUERY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does QUERY come from?
From Latin 'quaere', the imperative 'ask!' (from 'quaerere', to seek or ask); it entered English as a scholar's marginal note flagging something to be questioned.
What can QUERY teach us?
Every answer worth having starts as a query someone was brave enough to type.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.