query
A question, an inquiry, an enquiryA question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK).
» I didn't receive a reply to my query.
Ich habe auf meine Anfrage keine Antwort erhalten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Я не получил ответа на свой запрос. — marafon
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3 sensesA question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK).
The teacher answered the student’s query concerning biosynthesis.
Frage
запро́сzaprós, вопро́сvoprós
запита́нняzapytánnja
A question mark.
A set of instructions passed to a database.
The database admin switched on query logging for debugging purposes.
Abfrage
запро́сzaprós
за́питzápyt
- an instance of questioning
Examples
12 sentencesI didn't receive a reply to my query.
ruЯ не получил ответа на свой запрос. — marafon
deIch habe auf meine Anfrage keine Antwort erhalten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I do have a parting query.
That query does not find any results.
The saleswoman queried as she wrapped the gloves.
You've never ever queried the so called truth?
Translations
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Origin
An anglicisation of quere, an obsolete variant form of Latin quaere, second-person singulaAn 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 French quérir, Italian chiedere, Portuguese querer, Romanian cere, and Spanish querer. Compare question.
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Forms
plural: queriesSynonyms
4 synonyms- an instance of questioning:questioninquiryenquiryinterrogation
Word family
13 related wordsSee also
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