query
noun
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Definition of query
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query
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Synonyms & Antonyms for query
Synonyms: Noun
distrust, distrustfulness, doubt, dubiety, dubitation [archaic], incertitude, misdoubt, misgiving, mistrust, mistrustfulness, reservation, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainty
Synonyms: Verb
challenge, contest, dispute, impeach, oppugn, question
Antonyms: Noun
assurance, belief, certainty, certitude, confidence, conviction, sureness, surety, trust
Antonyms: Verb
accept, believe, embrace, swallow
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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
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Hughes and his relatives did not respond to queries for this article. — Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, "This secret donor has given USC $400 million," 5 Sep. 2019 The snowplowing study got data from responses to queries on Facebook and by mailing 250 paper surveys of which 85 were returned. — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, "Real World Economics: Surveys are harder, more complicated than people think," 25 Aug. 2019 Post spokesman Chris Maestas declined to confirm that and deferred to the Missile Defense Agency, which didn’t respond to queries. — Tim Ellis, Anchorage Daily News, "Missile alerts direct Fort Greely residents and workers to take shelter," 9 Aug. 2019 Ducey's office did not immediately respond to a query of what his new salary will be. — Mary Jo Pitzl, Arizona Republic, "Mike Faust moves up Department of Child Safety ranks to become agency chief," 6 Aug. 2019 Those were the kinds of urgent questions Morrison asked, queries that linger years later. — Travis Deshong, Washington Post, "Toni Morrison’s former students reflect: “She had this physical presence, this voice, that just took up space in this very magical way.”," 17 Aug. 2019 Mary Norris began working at The New Yorker in 1978 and was a query proofreader at the magazine for twenty-four years. — Mary Norris, The New Yorker, "The Long Hot Summer of Grammar," 15 Aug. 2019 The governor’s office did not respond to multiple requests for an interview with Justice, but queries were referred to a spokesman for Justice’s companies. — Ken Ward Jr., ProPublica, "Welcome to the Greenbrier, the Governor-Owned Luxury Resort Filled With Conflicts of Interest," 15 Aug. 2019 Letting bots or other virtual customer service representatives (CSRs) handle routine queries, while directing trickier challenges to humans, can cut costs. — Anne Fisher, Fortune, "‘You’re Pretty Stupid.’ What Can Happen to Your Business When A.I. Goes Awry," 10 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Verstappen's radio messages to his engineer were becoming increasingly more frantic, querying everything from his car's power to the team strategy. — Matias Grez, CNN, "Lewis Hamilton storms from behind to win thrilling Hungarian Grand Prix," 4 Aug. 2019 The task force has long advised doctors to query American adults — and in some cases adolescents — about their drinking and smoking habits. — Melissa Healystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, "With opioid abuse surging, expert panel recommends drug screening for all U.S. adults," 13 Aug. 2019 The inaccurate posts ask why President Donald Trump needs permission to query households about citizenship status on the 2020 census and blames Obama for scrubbing the question from the 2010 survey. — Amanda Seitz, Fortune, "Did Obama Remove the Citizenship Question From the U.S. Census? Fact Check," 11 July 2019 For example, Vigilant Solutions, which maintains the country’s largest database of license plate photos, contracts with ICE, allowing agents to query a license plate and receive a log of everywhere it’s been spotted by license-plate-reading cameras. — Sidney Fussell, The Atlantic, "ICE and the Ever-Widening Surveillance Dragnet," 10 July 2019 According to a review of Gallup polling about homosexuality, first queried in 1977, support for gay people continues to increase. — Tim Fitzsimons, NBC News, "Young people increasingly 'detached supporters' of LGBTQ rights, survey says," 24 June 2019 Finally, this method allows the poll to easily query people in languages other than English and to show respondents visual displays, such as the text of ballot language for an initiative. — David Lauter, latimes.com, "How the Berkeley IGS poll is done," 13 June 2019 To coordinate a loan from the Vatican, Bolton queried the Vatican museums director and papal officials before finally reaching Paolo Benedik, custodian for the sacristy at the Sistine Chapel. — Shira Telushkin, Washington Post, "High church meets high fashion: How Catholic style took over the Met," 3 May 2018 Checkbook randomly queried 20 that received its top rating for quality, and discovered that not one participated in any warranty plan. — Lew Sichelman, courant.com, "Housing Scene: Consumer groups turn up heat on warranties, Angie’s List," 26 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'query.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.