INQUIRE


Meaning of INQUIRE in English

also enquire

(~s, inquiring, ~d)

1.

If you ~ about something, you ask for information about it. (FORMAL)

‘Is something wrong?’ he enquired...

‘Who are you?’ he enquired of the first man...

I rang up to ~ about train times...

He ~d whether there had been any messages for him...

He was so impressed that he ~d the young shepherd’s name.

VERB: V with quote, V of n with quote, V about n, V wh, V n, also V for n, V of n wh, V

2.

If you ~ into something, you investigate it carefully.

Inspectors were appointed to ~ into the affairs of the company.

VERB: V into n/wh

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