verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a brilliant/enquiring/logical etc mind
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a bright child with an enquiring mind
apply/enquire within (= used on notices on the outside of buildings )
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Baby rabbits for sale. Enquire within.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
about
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Wherever you spend your time, the most important thing to enquire about is the prospect of obtaining a seat after pupillage.
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These are so overwhelming that they stop adults going on to do the courses they applied for or enquired about .
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Her age was something, Lucy quickly deduced, that one could not enquire about and expect to survive.
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Meticulously she enquired about my health, and we discussed the weather, and a small item of politics.
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As long as there were people to greet, families to enquire about , matters to discuss she was happy.
how
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It may be necessary to enquire how far her lust was excited, or if she experienced any enjoyment.
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Roman hadn't even enquired how she was - their lovemaking had already vanished into limbo as far as he was concerned.
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The four wrote to enquire how they could best put forward their views inside the Labour Party.
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But when the therapist starts to enquire how they react to the problems at home a difference in opinion may be revealed.
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Meanwhile, may I enquire how the commission would go about its task?
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Following the usual exchanges I enquired how long they'd been there.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Head whirling, she went into a travel agency and enquired the air fare to Toronto.
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I remember asking my private secretary to enquire what would be the main subjects of our discussion.
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Mr. Chapman enquired of the Board whether the paupers and children should be allowed to have money in the workhouse.
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Only after they were dead, it seemed, did the hierarchy begin to enquire into performance.
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People enquired but there was no trace of it.
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She was a little distracted when Sophie asked permission for her outing, or she might have enquired more closely into the details.