Definitions for queries

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queries que·ry

Spelling: [kweer-ee]

IPA: /ˈkwɪər i/

Queries is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 100 anagrams from letters in queries (eeiqrsu).

Definitions for queries

noun

1. a question; an inquiry.
2. mental reservation; doubt.
3. Printing. a question mark (?), especially as added on a manuscript, proof sheet, or the like, indicating doubt as to some point in the text.
4. an inquiry from a writer to an editor of a magazine, newspaper, etc., regarding the acceptability of or interest in an idea for an article, news story, or the like: usually presented in the form of a letter that outlines or describes the projected piece.

verb (used with object)

1. to ask or inquire about:
2. to question as doubtful or obscure:
3. Printing. to mark (a manuscript, proof sheet, etc.) with a query.
4. to ask questions of.

Origin of queries

1625-35; alteration (cf. -y³) of earlier quere Latin quaere quaere

Examples for queries

These queries at first blush seem unanswerable, but they are not really so.

The U.S. Air Force would not officially comment on the matter and deferred all queries to the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

For the past three years Blogologues has been transforming online posts, rants, and queries into a live-action variety show.

But it would never have occurred to me to parry her queries.

Notes and queries may be procured, by order, of all Booksellers and Newsvenders.

The following particulars are furnished in Notes and queries, 4th series, vol.

RONCO has not responded to queries for comment on the contract.

Is your master not the person to dictate the answer to these queries?

None of its leaders responded to queries from The Daily Beast.

A spokesman for the U.S. embassy in Tripoli did not respond to queries.