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Present participle for to ask a question about something, especially to check its validity or accuracy
“Some shareholders are expected to query whether this would be the most prudent use of the money.”
Present participle for to ask someone a question or questions, especially in an interrogative fashion
“No one was ever quite brave enough to query him about his involvement or ask him what those neuroses were.”
Present participle for to perform an analysis or investigation into something
“Through my readings, I began to query if something central within me was amiss.”
Present participle for to have or cast doubts about a fact or supposition
“Several minutes after nine, he began to query the clothing he had chosen to don himself with.”
(computing) Present participle for to pass a set of instructions to a database to retrieve data from it
“Run the following SQL statement to query the database table.”
Present participle for to have doubts or suspicions about
Present participle for to implore or make a request for
Present participle for to put forward one's questions
Present participle for to analyze or argue against a claim or piece of information
Present participle for to think about something with curiosity or doubt
Present participle for to argue or raise objections about a trivial matter
Tending to ask questions or to investigate, typically for information or knowledge
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