1. [n]  an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present"
2. [v]  pose a question

1. \Que"ry\, n.; pl. {Queries}. [L. quaere, imperative sing.
   of quaerere, quaesitum to seek or search for, to ask,
   inquire. Cf. {Acquire}, {Conquer}, {Exquisite}, {Quest},
   {Require}.]
   1. A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved.
            I shall conclude with proposing only some queries,
            in order to a . . . search to be made by others.
                                                  --Sir I.
                                                  Newton.
   2. A question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about
      his sincerity.
   3. An interrogation point [?] as the sign of a question or a
      doubt.
   

2. \Que"ry\, v. i.
   1. To ask questions; to make inquiry.
            Each prompt to query, answer, and debate. --Pope.
   2. To have a doubt; as, I query if he is right.
   

3. \Que"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Queried}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Querying}.]
   1. To put questions about; to elicit by questioning; to
      inquire into; as, to query the items or the amount; to
      query the motive or the fact.
   2. To address questions to; to examine by questions.
   3. To doubt of; to regard with incredulity.
   4. To write `` query'' (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a
      doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See {Qu[ae]re}.
   

1. A user's (or agent's) request for information, generally as a formal request to a database or search engine.

SQL is the most common database query language.

2. question mark.