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Definition of "inquire" []

  • To seek information by asking a question: inquired about prices. (verb-intransitive)
  • To make an inquiry or investigation: inquire into the extent of the corruption. (verb-intransitive)
  • To ask about. (verb-transitive)
  • To ask: "I am free to inquire what a work of art means to me” ( Bernard Berenson). See Synonyms at ask. (verb-transitive)
  • Inquire after To ask about the health or condition of. (phrasal-verb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "inquire" in a sentence
  • "Any knowledge that I inquire is from the limited public sources that the APD can't suppress or intimidate."
  • "I was instructed to inquire from the German Government as to whether a German submarine had sunk the Sussex."
  • "I was instructed to inquire from the German Government as to whether a German submarine had sunk the _Sussex_."