plural queries
queried; querying
1
: to ask questions of especially with a desire for authoritative information
2
: to ask questions about especially in order to resolve a doubt
3
: to put as a question
4
: to mark with a query
querier
noun
Synonyms
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
Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2024
Pricing will depend on each organization’s needs, an Anthropic representative told CNBC, but factors will include scale of usage, such as number of users and query volume, and specific feature requirements such as depth of integration.
—Hayden Field, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2024
Charles Wetzel, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
This kind of information from the database, which is available to the public, can be queried and incorporated into artificial intelligence or machine learning tools to analyze patterns and project the likelihood of future wildfires.
—Meira Gebel, Axios, 31 July 2024
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Noun
First, Google is upgrading the existing search with better natural language processing to understand more descriptive queries.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2024
Pricing will depend on each organization’s needs, an Anthropic representative told CNBC, but factors will include scale of usage, such as number of users and query volume, and specific feature requirements such as depth of integration.
—Hayden Field, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2024
Verb
By making sure the data itself is held within a secured environment and understanding that AI models do not need to access their data directly, analysts can query internal data, alongside third-party insights, to test AI’s ability to perform intuitively in response to analysts’ prompts.
—Charles Wetzel, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
This kind of information from the database, which is available to the public, can be queried and incorporated into artificial intelligence or machine learning tools to analyze patterns and project the likelihood of future wildfires.
—Meira Gebel, Axios, 31 July 2024
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query
2 of 2 verb
queried; querying
1
: to ask questions about especially in order to clear up doubts
2
: to put as a question
queried the matter to their teacher
3
: to ask questions of
queried the professor
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