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subquery

subquery noun: a query embedded within a more extensive query, relating only to the data returned by the parent query.

Noun

subquery (plural subqueries)

  1. A query embedded within a more extensive query, relating only to the data returned by the parent query.

Verb

subquery (third-person singular simple present subqueries, present participle subquerying, simple past and past participle subqueried)

  1. (transitive) To run a subquery upon.
    • We subqueried the customer data to retrieve only customers based in Europe.

Forms of subquery

Noun
pluralsubqueries
Verb
third-person singular presentsubqueries
present participlesubquerying
past participlesubqueried
pastsubqueried

Origin of subquery

From sub- + query.

Questions about subquery

What does subquery mean?
Subquery means a query embedded within a more extensive query, relating only to the data returned by the parent query.
What part of speech is subquery?
Subquery can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of subquery?
The plural of subquery is subqueries.

Words near subquery in the dictionary

  1. subquarks
  2. subqubit
  3. subqubits
  4. subqueried
  5. subqueries
  6. subquery
  7. subquerying
  8. subquest
  9. subquestion
  10. subquestions
  11. subquests

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