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enquire::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | inquire, investigate |
| Type of | probe, examine |
| Has types | spy |
| Derivation | enquirer, enquiry |
enquire::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ask, inquire |
| Type of | intercommunicate, communicate |
| Has types | consult, question, interrogate, query, pry, confer with |
| Verb group | ask |
| Derivation | enquirer, enquiry |
Examples of enquire
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Sometimes, people enquire directly with the landowner regarding plots available.
From the express.co.uk
It is traditional to enquire of MPs with culture jobs what film they last saw.
From the guardian.co.uk
Maybe she should enquire whether he prefers the other guy to be a top or a bottom?
From the guardian.co.uk
The Election Commission has been authorised to enquire into the allegations.
From the en.wikipedia.org
As for the journalists, aren't many of them afraid of the freedom to enquire deeply?
From the guardian.co.uk
It leads me to enquire as to how I might acquire a piece of the action also?
From the guardian.co.uk
I'm writing here to enquire if the article should added to the Medicine WikiProject?
From the en.wikipedia.org
I don't care who leaves my country and don't really think I have the right to enquire.
From the economist.com
It's enough to make you enquire how much Richard Branson is charging for space travel.
From the mirror.co.uk
- Ask: inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times"
- Investigate: 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"
- Wonder: have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church"
- (enquiry) question: an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present"
- (enquiry) inquiry: a search for knowledge; "their pottery deserves more research than it has received"
- (enquiry) inquiry: a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest
- ENQUIRE was an early software project written in 1980 by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN, which was the predecessor to the World Wide Web in 1989.
- (Enquiry) An inquiry is any process that has the aim of augmenting knowledge, resolving doubt, or solving a problem. A theory of inquiry is an account of the various types of inquiry and a treatment of the ways that each type of inquiry achieves its aim.
- (Enquiry (computer communications)) In computer communications, enquiry is a transmission-control character that requests a response from the receiving station with which a connection has been set up. ...
