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enquiry::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | inquiry |
| Type of | investigation, investigating |
| Has types | means test, inquest |
| Derivation | enquire |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | inquiry, research |
| Type of | problem solving |
| Has types | experimentation, heraldry, investigation, canvass, empirical research, experiment, opinion poll, poll, probe, public opinion poll, nature study |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | inquiry, interrogation, query, question |
| Type of | inquiring, questioning |
| Derivation | enquire |
Examples of enquiry
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Anyone who might have to deal with a press enquiry needs to be told how to do so.
From the badlanguage.net
This is not an enquiry we get every year and we think it's because of the floods.
From the canberratimes.com.au
After 30 minutes an alert goes to their manager if that enquiry isn't answered.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The automated enquiry machine did not recognise Filton Abbey Wood as a station.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
When asked for advice, he recommended self-enquiry as the fastest path to moksha.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Sri Ramana warned against considering self-enquiry as an intellectual exercise.
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I was wondering why and think it is a valid avenue of enquiry for this article.
From the en.wikipedia.org
No such enquiry is possible where the question of God's existence is concerned.
From the guardian.co.uk
An enquiry was formally been launched and was taking place as of 26 January 2011.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Question: an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present"
- Inquiry: a search for knowledge; "their pottery deserves more research than it has received"
- Inquiry: a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest
- (enquire) ask: inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times"
- (enquire) 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"
- (enquire) wonder: have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church"
- 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.
- 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. It represents a signal intended to trigger a response at the receiving end, to see if it is still present. ...
- 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.
