how to pronounce query

/ˈkwiːɹiː/

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the above transcription of query is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

query is pronounced in two syllables

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1.

iː

2.

iː

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An example use of query in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… we can query that we can engage we can …”

meaning of query

A query is a question that is asked.

query frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word query occurs in english on average 12.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics query can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that query can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;