que•ry |ˈkwi(ə)rē| noun ( pl. -ries) a question, esp. one addressed to an official or organization : a spokeswoman said queries could not be answered until Monday. used in writing or speaking to question the accuracy of a following statement or to introduce a question. chiefly Printing a question mark. verb ( -ries, -ried) [ reporting verb ] ask a question about something, esp. in order to express one's doubts about it or to check its validity or accuracy : [with clause ] many people queried whether any harm had been done | [ trans. ] he queried the medical database. | [with direct speech ] “Why not?†he queried. [ trans. ] put a question or questions to (someone) : when these officers were queried, they felt unhappy. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: anglicized form of the Latin imperative quaere!, used in the 16th cent. in English as a verb in the sense [inquire] and as a noun meaning [query,] from Latin quaerere ‘ask, seek.’
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