query
noun
[ ˈkwɪəri ]
• a question, especially one expressing doubt or requesting information.
• "if you have any queries please telephone our office"
Similar:
question,
inquiry,
interrogation,
examination,
quiz,
quizzing,
doubt,
uncertainty,
question mark,
reservation,
suspicion,
scepticism,
query
verb
• ask a question about something, especially in order to express one's doubts about it or to check its validity or accuracy.
• "many people queried whether any harm had been done"
Similar:
ask,
inquire,
question,
quiz,
call in/into question,
doubt,
raise/entertain doubts about,
throw doubt on,
suspect,
feel uneasy about,
challenge,
dispute,
cast aspersions on,
object to,
raise objections to,
Origin:
mid 17th century: anglicized form of the Latin imperative quaere!, used in the 16th century in English as a verb in the sense ‘inquire’ and as a noun meaning ‘query’, from Latin quaerere ‘ask, seek’.
