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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Will Oremus, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
Under a deal with OpenAI announced earlier this month, Apple agreed to pass some Siri queries that its own AI models can’t answer to OpenAI’s ChatGPT 4-o, if the user consents.
—Will Daniel, Fortune, 25 June 2024
Bloomberg News, TIME, 26 June 2024
Twenty-four percent of Disney theme park attendees have taken on debt for a trip, up from 18% in 2022, concluded a survey by financial firm Lending Tree, which queried about 2,000 people last month.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
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Noun
That prime placement on a popular search query is Bryan’s meal ticket.
—Will Oremus, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
Under a deal with OpenAI announced earlier this month, Apple agreed to pass some Siri queries that its own AI models can’t answer to OpenAI’s ChatGPT 4-o, if the user consents.
—Will Daniel, Fortune, 25 June 2024
Verb
For users migrating from OpenAI, Baidu promised free AI model fine-tuning and expert guidance on its flagship Ernie model, along with 50 million free tokens that developers can use to query the bot.
—Bloomberg News, TIME, 26 June 2024
Twenty-four percent of Disney theme park attendees have taken on debt for a trip, up from 18% in 2022, concluded a survey by financial firm Lending Tree, which queried about 2,000 people last month.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
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“Query.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/query. Accessed 7 Jul. 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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