Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows.
NEW iPhone Audio English dictionary


Verb: inquire  in'kwI(-u)r
  1. Request information about
    "I inquired about their special today"
    - ask, enquire [Brit, Cdn]
     
  2. Have a wish or desire to know something
    "He inquired who had built this beautiful church"
    - wonder, enquire [Brit, Cdn]
     
  3. Conduct an inquiry or investigation of
    "inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady"
    - investigate, enquire [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: inquired, inquiring, inquires

See also: inquirer, inquiring, inquiry, inquisitive

Type of: communicate, examine, intercommunicate, probe, query, question