[
US
/ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/
]
[ UK /ɪnkwˈaɪə/ ]
[ UK /ɪnkwˈaɪə/ ]
VERB
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have a wish or desire to know something
He wondered who had built this beautiful church -
address a question to and expect an answer from
The children asked me about their dead grandmother
Ask your teacher about trigonometry
He had to ask directions several times
I inquired about their special today -
conduct an inquiry or investigation of
The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities
inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady
How To Use inquire In A Sentence
- I leaned a minute against a Corinthian column; I lamented that no pontiff arrived with victims and aruspices, of whom I might inquire, what, in the name of birds and garbage, put me so terribly out of humour! for you must know I was very near being disappointed, and began to think Piranesi and Paolo Panini had been a great deal too colossal in their view of this venerable structure. Dreams Waking Thoughts and Incidents
- Mr. Alcott , a lady near me desires to inquire whether omnipotence abnegates attribute?
- his vocabulary alone is worth the cover price - gantries, quinquireme, discalced, carrack, loxodrome, godown, scutch, so shrewd in his deployment of detail, so blessed with good luck and goodwill that we forget the conceit and just enjoy the ride. The Seattle Times
- In an attempt to remain neighbourly I inquired as to her need for assistance.
- Any knowledge that I inquire is from the limited public sources that the APD can't suppress or intimidate. City of Aurora's Labor Union Negotiations Continue with Mixed Progress, Complaints and Counter-Complaints
- In 1865 a medical magazine set up a special commission to inquire into London workhouse infirmaries.
- A masculine voice inquired from somewhere to her left, effectively scaring the living daylights out of Sydney and drawing a startled yelp from her lips.
- What is particularly galling is that the authors never bothered to contact me or my department head or dean to inquire about this matter.
- You cannot believe this man; Should we believe a publication like the national Inquirer?
- [133] The origin of the word leach (physician), which has puzzled some inquirers, is from lids or leac, a body. Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 12
