"query" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkwɪə.ɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkwɪ.ɹi/ [General-American], /ˈkwɛ.ɹi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-query.wav [Southern-England] Forms: queries [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪəɹi, -ɛɹi Etymology: An anglicisation of quere, an obsolete variant form of Latin quaere, second-person singular present active imperative of quaerō (“seek, look for; ask”). Cognate with French quérir, Italian chiedere, Portuguese querer, Romanian cere, and Spanish querer. Compare question. Etymology templates: {{m|la|quere}} quere, {{der|en|la|quaere}} Latin quaere, {{m|la|quaerō||seek, look for; ask}} quaerō (“seek, look for; ask”), {{cog|fr|quérir}} French quérir, {{cog|it|chiedere}} Italian chiedere, {{cog|pt|querer}} Portuguese querer, {{cog|ro|cere}} Romanian cere, {{cog|es|querer}} Spanish querer, {{m|en|question}} question Head templates: {{en-noun}} query (plural queries)
  1. A question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK). Translations (question or inquiry): ἐρώτημα (erṓtēma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), въпро́с (vǎprós) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 質問 (Chinese Mandarin), 质问 (zhìwèn) (Chinese Mandarin), 問題 (Chinese Mandarin), 问题 (wèntí) (Chinese Mandarin), dotaz [masculine] (Czech), spørgsmål (Danish), forespørgsel (Danish), vraag [feminine] (Dutch), verzoek [neuter] (Dutch), pridemando (Esperanto), päring (Estonian), kysymys (Finnish), kysely (Finnish), tiedustelu (Finnish), question [feminine] (French), კითხვა (ḳitxva) (Georgian), შეკითხვა (šeḳitxva) (Georgian), Frage [feminine] (German), kérdés (Hungarian), inquisition (Interlingua), interrogativo [masculine] (Italian), domanda [feminine] (Italian), quesito [masculine] (Italian), richiesta [feminine] (Italian), 質問 (shitsumon) (alt: しつもん) (Japanese), 질문 (jilmun) (alt: 質問) (Korean), spørsmål [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), forespørsel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), pytanie [neuter] (Polish), pergunta [feminine] (Portuguese), запро́с (zaprós) [masculine] (Russian), вопро́с (voprós) [masculine] (Russian), у̀пит [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ùpit [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), consulta [feminine] (Spanish), pregunta (Spanish), interrogante [feminine] (Spanish), fråga [common-gender] (Swedish), sorgulama (Turkish), запита́ння (zapytánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-query-en-noun-vSwdK222 Disambiguation of 'question or inquiry': 68 25 2 5
  2. A question mark. Categories (topical): Punctuation marks
    Sense id: en-query-en-noun-F6Tbh8cS Disambiguation of Punctuation marks: 3 50 4 13 1 1 10 3 3 12
  3. (computing, databases) A set of instructions passed to a database. Categories (topical): Computing, Databases Translations (computing: set of instructions passed to a database): اِسْتِعْلام (istiʕlām) [masculine] (Arabic), за́пыт (zápyt) [masculine] (Belarusian), 查詢 (Chinese Mandarin), 查询 (cháxún) (Chinese Mandarin), dotaz [masculine] (Czech), verzoek [neuter] (Dutch), informpeto (Esperanto), päring (Estonian), kysely (Finnish), requête [feminine] (French), Abfrage [feminine] (German), lekérdezés (Hungarian), kueri (Indonesian), permintaan (Indonesian), query [feminine] (Italian), クエリ (kueri) (Japanese), 問い合わせ (toiawase) (alt: といあわせ) (Japanese), 쿼리 (kwori) (Korean), spørring [feminine] (Norwegian Bokmål), zapytanie [neuter] (Polish), kwerenda [feminine] (Polish), consulta [feminine] (Portuguese), query [feminine] (Portuguese), запро́с (zaprós) [masculine] (Russian), upit [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), consulta [feminine] (Spanish), สอบถาม (sɔ̀ɔp-tǎam) (Thai), sorgu (Turkish), за́пит (zápyt) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-query-en-noun-Uhffxhrg Topics: computing, databases, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: set of instructions passed to a database': 3 3 83 12
  4. (publishing) Short for query letter. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: query letter Categories (topical): Publishing
    Sense id: en-query-en-noun-jDvg5Fdi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 10 24 1 2 21 7 3 23 Topics: media, publishing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: quæry [archaic] Hyponyms: subquery Derived forms: non-query, query-by-query, query language, query plan, query processing, query string

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkwɪə.ɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkwɪ.ɹi/ [General-American], /ˈkwɛ.ɹi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-query.wav [Southern-England] Forms: queries [present, singular, third-person], querying [participle, present], queried [participle, past], queried [past]
Rhymes: -ɪəɹi, -ɛɹi Etymology: An anglicisation of quere, an obsolete variant form of Latin quaere, second-person singular present active imperative of quaerō (“seek, look for; ask”). Cognate with French quérir, Italian chiedere, Portuguese querer, Romanian cere, and Spanish querer. Compare question. Etymology templates: {{m|la|quere}} quere, {{der|en|la|quaere}} Latin quaere, {{m|la|quaerō||seek, look for; ask}} quaerō (“seek, look for; ask”), {{cog|fr|quérir}} French quérir, {{cog|it|chiedere}} Italian chiedere, {{cog|pt|querer}} Portuguese querer, {{cog|ro|cere}} Romanian cere, {{cog|es|querer}} Spanish querer, {{m|en|question}} question Head templates: {{en-verb}} query (third-person singular simple present queries, present participle querying, simple past and past participle queried)
  1. (intransitive) To ask a question. Tags: intransitive Translations (ask a question): питам (pitam) (Bulgarian), (zich) informeren (Dutch), kysyä (Finnish), domandare (Italian), pytać (Polish), perguntar (Portuguese), спра́шивать (sprášivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), preguntar (Spanish), pärk- (Tocharian B), запи́тувати (zapýtuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), запита́ти (zapytáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), поста́вити (postávyty) (alt: 'поставити запитання' - 'ask a question') [perfective] (Ukrainian) Translations (question): съмнявам се (sǎmnjavam se) (Bulgarian), betwijfelen (Dutch), in vraag stellen (Dutch), pridemandi (Esperanto), kyseenalaistaa (Finnish), in Frage stellen (German), interrogarsi (Italian), kwestionować (Polish), questionar (Portuguese), подверга́ть сомне́нию (podvergátʹ somnéniju) [imperfective] (Russian), cuestionar (Spanish), betvivla (Swedish), ifrågasätta (Swedish), sorgulamak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-query-en-verb-2Isumdgh Disambiguation of 'ask a question': 90 6 5 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'question': 59 0 41 0 0 0
  2. (transitive) To ask, inquire. Tags: transitive Translations (inquire): питам (pitam) (Bulgarian), 詢問 (Chinese Mandarin), 询问 (xúnwèn) (Chinese Mandarin), vragen (Dutch), bevragen (Dutch), pridemandi (Esperanto), kysyä (Finnish), tiedustella (Finnish), kysellä (Finnish), chiedere (Italian), сұрау (sūrau) (Kazakh), perguntar (Portuguese), спра́шивать (sprášivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), справля́ться (spravljátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), осведомля́ться (osvedomljátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), pärk- (Tocharian B), sorgulamak (Turkish), запи́тувати (zapýtuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), запита́ти (zapytáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-query-en-verb--2QnQ2yG Disambiguation of 'inquire': 0 75 9 2 8 7
  3. (transitive) To question or call into doubt. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-query-en-verb-YIVy14L3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 10 24 1 2 21 7 3 23
  4. (computing, databases) To pass a set of instructions to a database to retrieve information from it. Categories (topical): Computing, Databases Translations (computing: search database): 查詢 (Chinese Mandarin), 查询 (cháxún) (Chinese Mandarin), bevragen (Dutch), queryen (Dutch), informpeti (Esperanto), suorittaa kysely (Finnish), abfragen (German), ricercare (Italian), wysyłać zapytanie [imperfective] (Polish), wysłać zapytanie [perfective] (Polish), kwerendować [imperfective] (Polish), consultar (Portuguese), consultar (Spanish), sorgulamak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-query-en-verb-QYOi85Iv Topics: computing, databases, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: search database': 0 3 9 50 13 26
  5. (transitive, Internet) To send a private message to (a user on IRC). Tags: Internet, transitive Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-query-en-verb-mKB-p5fs
  6. (intransitive, publishing) To send out a query letter. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Publishing
    Sense id: en-query-en-verb-sqY9U2sB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 10 24 1 2 21 7 3 23 Topics: media, publishing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: quæry [archaic] Related terms: inquiry, querent, quest, question

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "The teacher answered the student’s query concerning biosynthesis.",
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          "_dis1": "68 25 2 5",
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          "_dis1": "68 25 2 5",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
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          "_dis1": "68 25 2 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "word": "pridemando"
        },
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "word": "päring"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 25 2 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "word": "kysymys"
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        {
          "_dis1": "68 25 2 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "word": "kysely"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 25 2 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "word": "tiedustelu"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "_dis1": "68 25 2 5",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ḳitxva",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "word": "კითხვა"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šeḳitxva",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "word": "შეკითხვა"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Frage"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 25 2 5",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "erṓtēma",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ἐρώτημα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 25 2 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "word": "kérdés"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "word": "inquisition"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 25 2 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "tags": [
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 25 2 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "domanda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 25 2 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "quesito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 25 2 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "richiesta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 25 2 5",
          "alt": "しつもん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shitsumon",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "word": "質問"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 25 2 5",
          "alt": "質問",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jilmun",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "word": "질문"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 25 2 5",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "spørsmål"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 25 2 5",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "forespørsel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 25 2 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "pytanie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 25 2 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pergunta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 25 2 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaprós",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "запро́с"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 25 2 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "voprós",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "вопро́с"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 25 2 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "у̀пит"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 25 2 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ùpit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 25 2 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "consulta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 25 2 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "word": "pregunta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 25 2 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "interrogante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 25 2 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "fråga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 25 2 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "word": "sorgulama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 25 2 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zapytánnja",
          "sense": "question or inquiry",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "запита́ння"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 50 4 13 1 1 10 3 3 12",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Punctuation marks",
          "orig": "en:Punctuation marks",
          "parents": [
            "Letters, symbols, and punctuation",
            "Symbols",
            "Orthography",
            "Writing",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1886, Skeat, Address of the President to the Philological Society, Great Britain",
          "text": "His Glossary has ‘bouchen, to stop people's mouths,’; but this is followed by a query, to show that it was but a guess. I have shown, from the MSS. and other sources, that it should be bonched, i.e. bunched, bumped, knocked, smote.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings",
          "text": "She had written in her diary: \"I don't think I am in a concentration-camp??????\", the queries growing larger and more numerous till they covered the entire page […]",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Pip, “Re: Royal Enfield motorbike - why would anyone buy one?”, in rec.motorcycles (Usenet)",
          "text": "I refer you to your line above, where you use a query and a bang together.",
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          "name": "Computing",
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            "All topics",
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            "Fundamental"
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        {
          "text": "The database admin switched on query logging for debugging purposes.",
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        }
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        "databases",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
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          "roman": "istiʕlām",
          "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
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            "masculine"
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            "masculine"
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        {
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          "roman": "cháxún",
          "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
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          "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
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            "neuter"
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        {
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          "code": "eo",
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          "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
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          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
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        {
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
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        {
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          "code": "fr",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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        },
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 83 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
          "word": "lekérdezés"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 83 12",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 83 12",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
          "word": "permintaan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 83 12",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "query"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 83 12",
          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "kueri",
          "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
          "word": "クエリ"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "toiawase",
          "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
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        {
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          "code": "ko",
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          "roman": "kwori",
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        {
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 83 12",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "kwerenda"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 83 12",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "consulta"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 83 12",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "query"
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        {
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "zaprós",
          "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 83 12",
          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 83 12",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "consulta"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 83 12",
          "code": "th",
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 83 12",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zápyt",
          "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
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            "masculine"
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            "Mass media",
            "Business",
            "Culture",
            "Media",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Communication",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
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        {
          "ref": "2006, Michael Larsen, How to Get a Literary Agent, Sourcebooks Inc., page 46",
          "text": "Although many agents accept email queries, check to see if they prefer mailed query letters.",
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        "(publishing) Short for query letter."
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkwɛ.ɹi/",
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        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɪəɹi"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɛɹi"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "quæry"
    }
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        "2": "quere"
      },
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
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        "2": "chiedere"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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        "2": "querer"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese querer",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
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        "2": "cere"
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      "name": "cog"
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      },
      "expansion": "Spanish querer",
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    {
      "form": "queried",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
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        "(intransitive) To ask a question."
      ],
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          "sense": "ask a question",
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          "sense": "ask a question",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "ask a question",
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        },
        {
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "ask a question",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 5 0 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "ask a question",
          "word": "pytać"
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 5 0 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "ask a question",
          "word": "perguntar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 5 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sprášivatʹ",
          "sense": "ask a question",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "спра́шивать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 5 0 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "ask a question",
          "word": "preguntar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 5 0 0 0",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "ask a question",
          "word": "pärk-"
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 5 0 0 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zapýtuvaty",
          "sense": "ask a question",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "запи́тувати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 6 5 0 0 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "sense": "ask a question",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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        {
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "postávyty",
          "sense": "ask a question",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "поста́вити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 0 41 0 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sǎmnjavam se",
          "sense": "question",
          "word": "съмнявам се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 0 41 0 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "question",
          "word": "betwijfelen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 0 41 0 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "question",
          "word": "in vraag stellen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 0 41 0 0 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "question",
          "word": "pridemandi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 0 41 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "question",
          "word": "kyseenalaistaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 0 41 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "question",
          "word": "in Frage stellen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 0 41 0 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "question",
          "word": "interrogarsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 0 41 0 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "question",
          "word": "kwestionować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 0 41 0 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "question",
          "word": "questionar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 0 41 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podvergátʹ somnéniju",
          "sense": "question",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "подверга́ть сомне́нию"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 0 41 0 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "question",
          "word": "cuestionar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 0 41 0 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "question",
          "word": "betvivla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 0 41 0 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "question",
          "word": "ifrågasätta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 0 41 0 0 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "question",
          "word": "sorgulamak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 0 41 0 0 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "note": "сумніва́тися impf (sumnivátysja) (+ у/в + locative)",
          "sense": "question"
        }
      ]
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      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1997 August 16, PRINCESSPK, “Re: Opinions wanted for magazine article”, in alt.showbiz.gossip (Usenet)",
          "text": "I tried that once in an AOL thing called \"The Arena\", I can't remember who the celebrity was, but I posed some divinely thoughtful, inspired, well-crafted question, and they chose one, instead, that querried her favourite colour, quelle banel.",
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        }
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        "To ask, inquire."
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      "id": "en-query-en-verb--2QnQ2yG",
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        [
          "ask",
          "ask"
        ],
        [
          "inquire",
          "inquire"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive) To ask, inquire."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 75 9 2 8 7",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "pitam",
          "sense": "inquire",
          "word": "питам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 75 9 2 8 7",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "inquire",
          "word": "詢問"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 75 9 2 8 7",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xúnwèn",
          "sense": "inquire",
          "word": "询问"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 75 9 2 8 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "inquire",
          "word": "vragen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 75 9 2 8 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "inquire",
          "word": "bevragen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 75 9 2 8 7",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "inquire",
          "word": "pridemandi"
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          "sense": "inquire",
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        {
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          "word": "сұрау"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 75 9 2 8 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "inquire",
          "word": "perguntar"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sprášivatʹ",
          "sense": "inquire",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "спра́шивать"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "spravljátʹsja",
          "sense": "inquire",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "справля́ться"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 75 9 2 8 7",
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          "roman": "osvedomljátʹsja",
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 75 9 2 8 7",
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          "sense": "inquire",
          "word": "sorgulamak"
        },
        {
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zapýtuvaty",
          "sense": "inquire",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "запи́тувати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 75 9 2 8 7",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zapytáty",
          "sense": "inquire",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "запита́ти"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To question or call into doubt."
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        "(transitive) To question or call into doubt."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
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        {
          "ref": "1999, Luciano Floridi, Philosophy and computing: an introduction, page 104",
          "text": "Linked tables can be accessed, queried, combined and reorganised much more flexibly and in a number of ways that may not be immediately predictable when the database is under construction.",
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        }
      ],
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        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
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        [
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          "database"
        ],
        [
          "instruction",
          "instruction"
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          "retrieve",
          "retrieve"
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        "(computing, databases) To pass a set of instructions to a database to retrieve information from it."
      ],
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        "computing",
        "databases",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
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          "_dis1": "0 3 9 50 13 26",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "computing: search database",
          "word": "查詢"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 3 9 50 13 26",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "cháxún",
          "sense": "computing: search database",
          "word": "查询"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 3 9 50 13 26",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "computing: search database",
          "word": "bevragen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 3 9 50 13 26",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "computing: search database",
          "word": "queryen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 3 9 50 13 26",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "computing: search database",
          "word": "informpeti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 3 9 50 13 26",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "computing: search database",
          "word": "suorittaa kysely"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 3 9 50 13 26",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "computing: search database",
          "word": "abfragen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 3 9 50 13 26",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "computing: search database",
          "word": "ricercare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 3 9 50 13 26",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "computing: search database",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "wysyłać zapytanie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 3 9 50 13 26",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "computing: search database",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "wysłać zapytanie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 3 9 50 13 26",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "computing: search database",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "kwerendować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 3 9 50 13 26",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "computing: search database",
          "word": "consultar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 3 9 50 13 26",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "computing: search database",
          "word": "consultar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 3 9 50 13 26",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "computing: search database",
          "word": "sorgulamak"
        }
      ]
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            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        {
          "ref": "2000, Phantom, “Re: Uhm.. hi... I guess...”, in alt.support.boy-lovers (Usenet)",
          "text": "He parted the channel saying \"SHUTUP!\"... so I queried him, asking if there was something I could do.. maybe talk...",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Robert Erdec, “Re: Help; mIRC32; unable to resolve server arnes.si”, in alt.irc.mirc (Usenet)",
          "text": "if you know someone who is in the channel, you can query them and ask for the key.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "To send a private message to (a user on IRC)."
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        [
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          "Internet"
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        [
          "IRC",
          "IRC"
        ]
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        "(transitive, Internet) To send a private message to (a user on IRC)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
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            "Mass media",
            "Business",
            "Culture",
            "Media",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Communication",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 5 10 24 1 2 21 7 3 23",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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      "glosses": [
        "To send out a query letter."
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        [
          "publishing",
          "publishing#Noun"
        ],
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          "query letter",
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        "(intransitive, publishing) To send out a query letter."
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        "intransitive"
      ],
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        "media",
        "publishing"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkwɪə.ɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkwɪ.ɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkwɛ.ɹi/",
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        "General-American"
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}
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    {
      "word": "query-by-query"
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    },
    {
      "word": "query plan"
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          "ref": "1886, Skeat, Address of the President to the Philological Society, Great Britain",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings",
          "text": "She had written in her diary: \"I don't think I am in a concentration-camp??????\", the queries growing larger and more numerous till they covered the entire page […]",
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        {
          "ref": "2006, Pip, “Re: Royal Enfield motorbike - why would anyone buy one?”, in rec.motorcycles (Usenet)",
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        {
          "text": "The database admin switched on query logging for debugging purposes.",
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      "glosses": [
        "A set of instructions passed to a database."
      ],
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        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
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        [
          "database",
          "database"
        ],
        [
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          "instruction"
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      ],
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        "(computing, databases) A set of instructions passed to a database."
      ],
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        "databases",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
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        "en:Publishing"
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        {
          "ref": "2006, Michael Larsen, How to Get a Literary Agent, Sourcebooks Inc., page 46",
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        }
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        "Short for query letter."
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        "(publishing) Short for query letter."
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        "alt-of"
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        "publishing"
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkwɛ.ɹi/",
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        "General-American"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎprós",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "въпро́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "word": "質問"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhìwèn",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "word": "质问"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "word": "問題"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wèntí",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "word": "问题"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dotaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "word": "spørgsmål"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "word": "forespørgsel"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vraag"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "verzoek"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "word": "pridemando"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "word": "päring"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "word": "kysymys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "word": "kysely"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "word": "tiedustelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "question"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳitxva",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "word": "კითხვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šeḳitxva",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "word": "შეკითხვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Frage"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "erṓtēma",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ἐρώτημα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "word": "kérdés"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "word": "inquisition"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "interrogativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "domanda"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quesito"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "richiesta"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しつもん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shitsumon",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "word": "質問"
    },
    {
      "alt": "質問",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jilmun",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "word": "질문"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "spørsmål"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "forespørsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pytanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pergunta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaprós",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "запро́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "voprós",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вопро́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "у̀пит"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ùpit"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "consulta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "word": "pregunta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "interrogante"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fråga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "word": "sorgulama"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zapytánnja",
      "sense": "question or inquiry",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "запита́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "istiʕlām",
      "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اِسْتِعْلام"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zápyt",
      "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "за́пыт"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
      "word": "查詢"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cháxún",
      "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
      "word": "查询"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dotaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "verzoek"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
      "word": "informpeto"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
      "word": "päring"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
      "word": "kysely"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "requête"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Abfrage"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
      "word": "lekérdezés"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
      "word": "kueri"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
      "word": "permintaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "query"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kueri",
      "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
      "word": "クエリ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "といあわせ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "toiawase",
      "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
      "word": "問い合わせ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kwori",
      "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
      "word": "쿼리"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spørring"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zapytanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kwerenda"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "consulta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "query"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaprós",
      "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "запро́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "upit"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "consulta"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sɔ̀ɔp-tǎam",
      "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
      "word": "สอบถาม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
      "word": "sorgu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zápyt",
      "sense": "computing: set of instructions passed to a database",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "за́пит"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛɹi",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛɹi/2 syllables",
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    "en:Punctuation marks"
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "quere"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "quaere"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin quaere",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "quaerō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "seek, look for; ask"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "quérir"
      },
      "expansion": "French quérir",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "chiedere"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian chiedere",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "querer"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese querer",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "cere"
      },
      "expansion": "Romanian cere",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "querer"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish querer",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "question"
      },
      "expansion": "question",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "An anglicisation of quere, an obsolete variant form of Latin quaere, second-person singular present active imperative of quaerō (“seek, look for; ask”). Cognate with French quérir, Italian chiedere, Portuguese querer, Romanian cere, and Spanish querer. Compare question.",
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    {
      "form": "queries",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "querying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "queried",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    {
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        "past"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "word": "inquiry"
    },
    {
      "word": "querent"
    },
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      "word": "quest"
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    {
      "word": "question"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To ask a question."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To ask a question."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1997 August 16, PRINCESSPK, “Re: Opinions wanted for magazine article”, in alt.showbiz.gossip (Usenet)",
          "text": "I tried that once in an AOL thing called \"The Arena\", I can't remember who the celebrity was, but I posed some divinely thoughtful, inspired, well-crafted question, and they chose one, instead, that querried her favourite colour, quelle banel.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To ask, inquire."
      ],
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        [
          "ask",
          "ask"
        ],
        [
          "inquire",
          "inquire"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To ask, inquire."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To question or call into doubt."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "question",
          "question"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To question or call into doubt."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Computing",
        "en:Databases"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1999, Luciano Floridi, Philosophy and computing: an introduction, page 104",
          "text": "Linked tables can be accessed, queried, combined and reorganised much more flexibly and in a number of ways that may not be immediately predictable when the database is under construction.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pass a set of instructions to a database to retrieve information from it."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "database",
          "database"
        ],
        [
          "instruction",
          "instruction"
        ],
        [
          "retrieve",
          "retrieve"
        ]
      ],
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        "(computing, databases) To pass a set of instructions to a database to retrieve information from it."
      ],
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        "computing",
        "databases",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Internet"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2000, Phantom, “Re: Uhm.. hi... I guess...”, in alt.support.boy-lovers (Usenet)",
          "text": "He parted the channel saying \"SHUTUP!\"... so I queried him, asking if there was something I could do.. maybe talk...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Robert Erdec, “Re: Help; mIRC32; unable to resolve server arnes.si”, in alt.irc.mirc (Usenet)",
          "text": "if you know someone who is in the channel, you can query them and ask for the key.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To send a private message to (a user on IRC)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "IRC",
          "IRC"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, Internet) To send a private message to (a user on IRC)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "en:Publishing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To send out a query letter."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "publishing",
          "publishing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "query letter",
          "query letter"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, publishing) To send out a query letter."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "publishing"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈkwɪə.ɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkwɪ.ɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkwɛ.ɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪəɹi"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛɹi"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "quæry"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pitam",
      "sense": "inquire",
      "word": "питам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "inquire",
      "word": "詢問"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xúnwèn",
      "sense": "inquire",
      "word": "询问"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "inquire",
      "word": "vragen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "inquire",
      "word": "bevragen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "inquire",
      "word": "pridemandi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "inquire",
      "word": "kysyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "inquire",
      "word": "tiedustella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "inquire",
      "word": "kysellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inquire",
      "word": "chiedere"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "sūrau",
      "sense": "inquire",
      "word": "сұрау"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "inquire",
      "word": "perguntar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sprášivatʹ",
      "sense": "inquire",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "спра́шивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spravljátʹsja",
      "sense": "inquire",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "справля́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osvedomljátʹsja",
      "sense": "inquire",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "осведомля́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "inquire",
      "word": "pärk-"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "inquire",
      "word": "sorgulamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zapýtuvaty",
      "sense": "inquire",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "запи́тувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zapytáty",
      "sense": "inquire",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "запита́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pitam",
      "sense": "ask a question",
      "word": "питам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ask a question",
      "word": "(zich) informeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ask a question",
      "word": "kysyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ask a question",
      "word": "domandare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ask a question",
      "word": "pytać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ask a question",
      "word": "perguntar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sprášivatʹ",
      "sense": "ask a question",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "спра́шивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ask a question",
      "word": "preguntar"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "ask a question",
      "word": "pärk-"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zapýtuvaty",
      "sense": "ask a question",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "запи́тувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zapytáty",
      "sense": "ask a question",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "запита́ти"
    },
    {
      "alt": "'поставити запитання' - 'ask a question'",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "postávyty",
      "sense": "ask a question",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "поста́вити"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎmnjavam se",
      "sense": "question",
      "word": "съмнявам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "question",
      "word": "betwijfelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "question",
      "word": "in vraag stellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "question",
      "word": "pridemandi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "question",
      "word": "kyseenalaistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "question",
      "word": "in Frage stellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "question",
      "word": "interrogarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "question",
      "word": "kwestionować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "question",
      "word": "questionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podvergátʹ somnéniju",
      "sense": "question",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "подверга́ть сомне́нию"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "question",
      "word": "cuestionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "question",
      "word": "betvivla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "question",
      "word": "ifrågasätta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "question",
      "word": "sorgulamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "note": "сумніва́тися impf (sumnivátysja) (+ у/в + locative)",
      "sense": "question"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "computing: search database",
      "word": "查詢"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cháxún",
      "sense": "computing: search database",
      "word": "查询"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "computing: search database",
      "word": "bevragen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "computing: search database",
      "word": "queryen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "computing: search database",
      "word": "informpeti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "computing: search database",
      "word": "suorittaa kysely"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "computing: search database",
      "word": "abfragen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "computing: search database",
      "word": "ricercare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "computing: search database",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wysyłać zapytanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "computing: search database",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wysłać zapytanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "computing: search database",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "kwerendować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "computing: search database",
      "word": "consultar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "computing: search database",
      "word": "consultar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "computing: search database",
      "word": "sorgulamak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "query"
}

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