(inquiries)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
Note: The spelling 'enquiry' is also used.
1.
An ~ is a question which you ask in order to get some information.
He made some inquiries and discovered she had gone to the Continent...
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2.
An ~ is an official investigation.
The Democratic Party has called for an independent ~ into the incident.
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3.
Inquiry is the process of asking about or investigating something in order to find out more about it.
The investigation has suddenly switched to a new line of ~.
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4.
see also court of ~