inquire
pronunciation
How to pronounce inquire in British English:
UK [ɪn'kwaɪə(r)]
How to pronounce inquire in American English:
US [ɪn'kwaɪr]
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- Verb:
- inquire about
- have a wish or desire to know something
- conduct an inquiry or investigation of
Word Origin
- inquire (v.)
- late 13c., from Old French enquerre "ask, inquire about" (Modern French enquérir), from Vulgar Latin *inquaerere, from Latin in- "into" (see in- (2)) + quaerere "ask, seek" (see query (v.)). Respelled 14c. on Latin model, but half-Latinized enquire still persists. Related: Inquired; inquiring; inquiringly.
Example
- 1. Approach them and inquire " who does your color ? "
- 2. Schrage advises students to inquire early about payment methods .
- 3. If it 's not clear from the job ad , inquire with the company about which method of sending they prefer - e-mail , fax , or mail .
- 4. The survey did not inquire about their feelings about hong kongers as potential mates .
- 5. Just two weeks ago I heard about a group of anarcho-feminists in marseille , france , who have begun to drop by their local libraries to inquire why there 's no separate section for heterosexual literature .