inquire

inquire is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To ask a question; to seek for truth or information by putting queries. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 18 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To ask a question; to seek for truth or information by putting queries.
2. intransitive verb. To seek to learn anything by recourse to the proper means of knoledge; to make examination.
3. transitive verb. To ask about; to seek to know by asking; to make examination or inquiry respecting.
4. transitive verb. To call or name.
5. verb. have a wish or desire to know something

   "He wondered who had built this beautiful church"

   Synonyms: enquire, wonder

6. verb. inquire about

   "I asked about their special today"

   "He had to ask directions several times"

   Synonyms: ask, enquire

7. verb. 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: enquire, investigate

Synonyms

enquire, wonder, ask, investigate

Common word forms

inquired, inquirer, inquires, inquiring

Words from these letters

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