inquiring

[in-kwahyuhr-ing] Example Sentences

in·quir·ing

[in-kwahyuhr-ing]
adjective
1.
seeking facts, information, or knowledge: an inquiring mind.
2.
curious; probing; inquisitive in seeking facts: an inquiring reporter.
3.
scrutinizing; questioning: He looked at his father with inquiring eyes.

Origin:
1595–1605; inquire + -ing2

in·quir·ing·ly, adverb
non·in·quir·ing, adjective
non·in·quir·ing·ly, adverb
un·in·quir·ing, adjective

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Inquiring is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example Sentences
  • Nonetheless everybody knows that the police and the judiciary can eavesdrop as they are inquiring into any misdeed.
  • It's simply inquiring further into a general statement.
  • To ensure its own survival it has evolved many intellectual traps that protect it from the weaker inquiring minds.
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in·quire

[in-kwahyuhr] verb, in·quired, in·quir·ing.
verb (used without object)
1.
to seek information by questioning; ask: to inquire about a person.
2.
to make investigation (usually followed by into): to inquire into the incident.
verb (used with object)
3.
to seek to learn by asking: to inquire a person's name.
4.
Obsolete. to seek.
5.
Obsolete. to question (a person).
6.
inquire after, to ask about the state of health or condition of: Friends have been calling all morning to inquire after you.
Also, enquire.


Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Latin inquīrere to seek for (see in-2, query); replacing Middle English enqueren < Old French enquerre < Latin, as above

in·quir·a·ble, adjective
in·quir·er, noun
re·in·quire, verb, re·in·quired, re·in·quir·ing.
un·in·quired, adjective

inquirer, inquisitor.


1–3. investigate, examine, query. Inquire, ask, question imply that a person addresses another to obtain information. Ask is the general word: to ask what time it is. Inquire is more formal and implies asking about something specific: to inquire about a rumor. To question implies repetition and persistence in asking; it often applies to legal examination or investigation: to question the survivor of an accident. Sometimes it implies doubt: to question a figure, an account.

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inquiring (ɪnˈkwaɪərɪŋ)
 
adj
seeking or tending to seek answers, information, etc: an inquiring mind
 
in'quiringly
 
adv

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