Dictionary Entry
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
- 1intransitive verb
To ask a question; to seek for truth or information by putting queries.
- 2intransitive verb
To seek to learn anything by recourse to the proper means of knoledge; to make examination.
- 3transitive verb
To ask about; to seek to know by asking; to make examination or inquiry respecting.
- 4transitive verb
To call or name.
- 5verb
have a wish or desire to know something
"He wondered who had built this beautiful church"
- 6verb
inquire about
"I asked about their special today"
"He had to ask directions several times"
- 7verb
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"
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