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inquire

[ US /ˌɪnˈkwaɪɹ/ ]
[ UK /ɪnkwˈa‍ɪ‍ə/ ]
VERB
  1. have a wish or desire to know something
    He wondered who had built this beautiful church
  2. 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
  3. 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
  • 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
  • They belly up to the coffee bar and a barista with a padlock through his nose inquires what they want.
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