queries

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of query.

   The support team handled hundreds of queries during the launch week.

   Her queries about the contract went unanswered for nearly a month.

   Note

   A regular plural that changes y to i before adding -es, as nouns ending in a consonant plus y do: one query, several queries. The same spelling also serves as the present-tense verb, so the sentence decides which is meant. Her queries went unanswered is a noun; she queries the bill is a verb. The plural covers every sense of query, from everyday questions and question marks to the instructions sent to a database.

2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of query.

   The auditor queries any expense that arrives without a receipt.

   Whenever the data looks wrong, the program queries the original source again.

   Note

   Here the verb ranges from doubting to searching. An auditor who queries a figure calls it into question. A program that queries a database sends it instructions to pull information back. On IRC, someone who queries a user opens a private message with them. Most of these uses take a direct object. A writer who simply queries, with no object, is sending out query letters.

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