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qu.

qu. is the abbreviation of query.

qu. is the abbreviation of question.

Meaning of query

Noun

query (plural queries)

  1. A question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK).
    • The teacher answered the student’s query concerning biosynthesis.
  2. A question mark.
    • 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.1886, Skeat, Address of the President to the Philological Society, Great Britain
  3. A set of instructions passed to a database.
    • The database admin switched on query logging for debugging purposes.

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Meaning of question

Noun

question (plural questions)

  1. A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
    • What is your question?
  2. A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
    • The question of seniority will be discussed at the meeting.
  3. A doubt or challenge about the truth, accuracy, or validity of a matter.
    • His claim to the property has come under question.
    Synonyms:
    issue, doubt
  4. A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
    • I move that the question be put to a vote.
    Synonyms:
    proposal
  5. (archaic, historical, with-definite-article) Interrogation by torture.
    • I, not at all ambitious of the crown of martyrdom, resolved to temporize: so that, when I was brought to the question the second time, I made a solemn recantation […]1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter LXXVII, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume II, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
  6. (obsolete) Talk; conversation; speech.
    • Made she no verbal question?c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

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Noun capitalized: Qu.

Qu.

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Queen.
    • I have read to his Majesty that part of your letter touching the passing a compliment to the Qu. of Swede upon occasion of the Qu. her mother’s death, which the K. would have you forbear to do.1655 May 4, Edward Nicholas, “[Letter to Henry de Vic]”, in George F. Warner, editor, The Nicholas Papers: Correspondence of Sir Edward Nicholas, Secretary of State, volume 2, published 1892, page 274
    • Thus Dy’d this famous Favourite of Qu. Elizabeth.1695, The Secret History of the Most Renowned Q. Elizabeth and the E. of Essex, volume 2, page 111

Questions about qu.

What is qu. the abbreviation of?
Qu. is the abbreviation of query.
What part of speech is qu.?
Qu. is a noun.

Words near qu. in the dictionary

  1. Qtz
  2. qu
  3. Qu'Appelle
  4. Qu'ran
  5. qu-
  6. qu.
  7. qua
  8. qua-bird
  9. qua-birds
  10. Qua-o-ar
  11. quaake

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