query

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

queriesquæry

1.
A question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK).
The teacher answered the student’s query concerning biosynthesis.
2.
A question mark.
3.
(computing, databases) A set of instructions passed to a database.
The database admin switched on query logging for debugging purposes.
4.
(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis)(publishing) Ellipsis of query letter.

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verb

V_es/s

queries

V_ing/Gerund

querying

V_ed/pp

queriedquæry

1.
(intransitive)To ask a question.
2.
(transitive)To ask, inquire.
3.
(transitive)To question or call into doubt.
4.
(computing, databases) To pass a set of instructions to a database to retrieve information from it.
5.
(Internet, transitive)To send a private message to (a user on IRC).
6.
(intransitive)(intransitive, publishing) To send out a query letter.

Nguồn gốc từ

An anglicisation of quere, an obsolete variant form of Latin quaere, second-person singular present active imperative of quaerō (seek, look for; ask); perhaps suffixed with -y (abstract noun). Cognate with quérir, chiedere, querer, cere, and querer. Compare question.