query

/หˆkwษชษ™.ษนi/

IPA: /K W IH1 R IY0/

noun
  1. 1

    A question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK).

    โ€œThe teacher answered the studentโ€™s query concerning biosynthesis.โ€

  2. 2

    A question mark.

  3. 3

    A set of instructions passed to a database.

    โ€œThe database admin switched on query logging for debugging purposes.โ€

verb
  1. 1

    To ask a question.

  2. 2

    To ask, inquire.

  3. 3

    To question or call into doubt.

  4. 4

    To pass a set of instructions to a database to retrieve information from it.

  5. 5

    To send a private message to (a user on IRC).

  6. 6

    To send out a query letter.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/query