plural queries
queried; querying
1
: to ask questions of especially with a desire for authoritative information
2
: to ask questions about especially in order to resolve a doubt
3
: to put as a question
4
: to mark with a query
querier
noun
Synonyms
Examples of query in a Sentence
Noun
I have a query about my order.
The librarian responded to my query.
Verb
They conducted a survey in which several hundred people were queried about their dietary habits.
it seems odd that someone would want two stoves, so you'd better query that order
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Tor Constantino, Mba, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Yet the former president is hardly the only person refusing to directly answer such a query.
—Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
Artyom Keydunov, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Rogan queried, per Mediaite’s recap of the exchange.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 26 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Very broad LLMs that try to answer all possible end-user queries, utilizing massive datasets can be impossible to tame in all 4 key dimensions.
—Tor Constantino, Mba, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Yet the former president is hardly the only person refusing to directly answer such a query.
—Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
Verb
Adding to the challenge, multidimensional analyses, like pivot tables and reporting, operate using Multidimensional Expressions (MDX), a language designed for querying and managing multidimensional data structures.
—Artyom Keydunov, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Rogan queried, per Mediaite’s recap of the exchange.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Query.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/query. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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query
2 of 2 verb
queried; querying
1
: to ask questions about especially in order to clear up doubts
2
: to put as a question
queried the matter to their teacher
3
: to ask questions of
queried the professor
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