# Boosting Term Query

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/boosting-term-query/36710>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 9, 2015, 8:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/boosting-term-query/36710 "2015-12-09T08:38:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![hash\_include](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b782af/32.png) [@hash\_include](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hash_include)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 8:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/boosting-term-query/36710/1 "2015-12-09T08:38:20Z")

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Hi

One quick question:  
If I have two query\_strings in a should clause with minimum number should match as 1. I need to boost presence of one query\_string more than other, for that should I use function\_score query? As traditional boost parameter is not helping me there.

Thanks  
Sri Harsha

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/boosting-term-query/36710/2 "2017-07-05T23:32:23Z")

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