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Synonyms for inquire
ɪnˈkwaɪərin·quire

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Princeton's WordNet2.6 / 5 votes

  1. ask, inquire, enquireverb

    inquire about

    "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times"

    Synonyms:
    postulate, need, require, expect, demand, enquire, ask, take, investigate, wonder, involve, call for, necessitate

  2. wonder, inquire, enquireverb

    have a wish or desire to know something

    "He wondered who had built this beautiful church"

    Synonyms:
    wonder, ask, marvel, investigate, question, enquire

  3. investigate, inquire, enquireverb

    conduct an inquiry or investigation of

    "The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities"; "inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady"

    Synonyms:
    ask, investigate, look into, wonder, enquire

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Dictionary of English Synonymes1.0 / 2 votes

  1. inquireverb

    Synonyms:
    [Written also Enquire.] ask, question, seek information (by questioning), make inquiry

  2. inquireverb

    Synonyms:
    make investigation, make examination

  3. inquireverb

    Synonyms:
    [Written also Enquire.] ask about, make inquiry about

PPDB, the paraphrase database3.0 / 2 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "inquire":

    investigate, enquire

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#183need
#246take
#592question
#749ask
#1539require
#1829demand
#2323expect
#3339wonder
#5419involve
#6166investigate
#8951inquire
#9136marvel
#14848enquire
#39203necessitate
#48394postulate

How to use inquire in a sentence?

  1. Thornton:

    My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate--that's my philosophy.

  2. Jonathan Cherney:

    Impaired people have a tendency of crashing, so if you have a situation like this one, where you have a single-vehicle crash, with out-of-the-ordinary type circumstances, that should trigger the first responder to inquire further and to explore impairment as a possible cause of the collision.

  3. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne:

    We are born to inquire into truth; it belongs to a greater to possess it.

  4. Justice Antonin Scalia:

    Sometimes people come up to me and inquire, 'Justice Scalia, when did you first become an originalist?' As though it's some weird affliction, you know, 'When did you start eating human flesh?'.

  5. The SEC:

    The Commission seeks Carter's testimony to inquire about, among other things, Carter's joint ventures with Iconix.


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