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Word: Inquire
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Middle English enquere (later inquere), from Old French enquerre, from a variant of Latin inquirere, based on quaerere ‘seek’. The spelling with in-, influenced by Latin, dates from the 15th century
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪnˈkwʌɪə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
ask for information from someone
Short Definition:ask for information
Examples:- he inquired about cottages for sale
- ‘How well do you know Berlin?’ he inquired of Hencke
- I inquired where he lived
Definition:
investigate; look into
Short Definition:investigate
Examples:- the task of political sociology is to inquire into the causes of political events
Variant Forms:
- enquire
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