QUERY
query
Noun
- A question or inquiry.
- The teacher answered the student's query concerning biosynthesis.
 
 - A question mark.
 - A set of instructions passed to a database.
- The database admin switched on query logging for debugging purposes.
 
 
Verb
- To ask, inquire.
 - To ask a question.
 - To question or call into doubt.
 - To pass a query to a database to retrieve information.
 - To send a private message to (a user on IRC).
 
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