<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>plural queries: a question; an inquiry.</li><li>mental reservation; doubt.</li><li>Printing: a question mark (?), especially as added on a manuscript, proof sheet, or the like, indicating doubt as to some point in the text.</li><li>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.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) queried, querying: to ask or inquire about: No one queried his presence.</li><li>to question as doubtful or obscure: to query a statement.</li><li>Printing: to mark (a manuscript, proof sheet, etc.) with a query.</li><li>to ask questions of.</li></ul>