Inquire
41inquire - enquire — If you inquire or enquire about something, you ask for information about it. There is no difference in meaning between these words. Inquire is more common, especially in American English. We inquired about the precise circumstances surrounding… …
42inquire after — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms inquire after : present tense I/you/we/they inquire after he/she/it inquires after present participle inquiring after past tense inquired after past participle inquired after British formal inquire after… …
43inquire into — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms inquire into : present tense I/you/we/they inquire into he/she/it inquires into present participle inquiring into past tense inquired into past participle inquired into inquire into something to ask questions… …
44inquire into sth — UK US inquire into sth Phrasal Verb with inquire({{}}(UK also enquire) /ɪnˈkwaɪər/ verb [I] ► to try to discover the facts about something: »Officers of the City of London Fraud Squad are inquiring into the affairs of the company …
45inquire after — PHRASAL VERB If you inquire after someone, you ask how they are or what they are doing. [FORMAL] [V P n (not pron)] Elsie called to inquire after my health …
46inquire — verb /ɪnˈkwaɪɹ/ a) To ask (about something). b) To make an inquiry or an investigation …
47inquire — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To ask about] Syn. make an inquiry, probe, interrogate, query; see ask 1 , question 1 . 2. [To seek into] Syn. investigate, analyze, study; see examine 1 . See Synonym Study at ask . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. 1. ask… …
48inquire — in·quire || ɪn kwaɪə(r) v. ask, question, interrogate; investigate, look into; conduct an inquiry …
49inquire v — May I become a chorister? Tom inquired …
50inquire — I. v. n. [Written also Enquire.] 1. Ask, question, seek information (by questioning), make inquiry. 2. Make investigation, make examination. II. v. a. [Written also Enquire.] Ask about, make inquiry about, ask …
