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WOTD: query

Posted on October 30, 2020October 25, 2020 by Wordsmyth

noun

1. a question or inquiry.
He did not respond to his mother’s query about his personal life.
The day after they placed the help-wanted ad, they received over forty queries.

2. a doubt or question that cannot be resolved in one’s mind; a mental reservation.

3. a notation, as on a manuscript, that indicates a question to be answered.

4. in computing, a request for information submitted to a search engine or database using a computer language or human language

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