n.
(pl. queries)
- a question, especially one expressing doubt.
- chiefly Printing a question mark.
v.
(queries, querying, queried)
ask a question about something.
▸N. Amer. put a question or questions to.
Etymology
C17: anglicized form of the L. imper. quaere!, from L. quaerere ‘ask, seek’.