What does Enquire mean?

Definitions for Enquire
ɛnˈkwaɪəren·quire

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ask, inquire, enquireverb

    inquire about

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

  2. 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"

  3. wonder, inquire, enquireverb

    have a wish or desire to know something

    "He wondered who had built this beautiful church"

Wiktionary

  1. enquireverb

    To ask (about something).

  2. enquireverb

    To make an enquiry.

  3. Etymology: enquerre, from en- + querre.

Wikipedia

  1. ENQUIRE

    ENQUIRE was a software project written in 1980 by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN, which was the predecessor to the World Wide Web. It was a simple hypertext program that had some of the same ideas as the Web and the Semantic Web but was different in several important ways. According to Berners-Lee, the name was inspired by the title of an old how-to book, Enquire Within Upon Everything.

ChatGPT

  1. enquire

    Enquire is a verb that means to ask for information from someone. It involves seeking knowledge or clarity about a subject or an issue by questioning or investigating.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Enquire

    see Inquire

Wikidata

  1. ENQUIRE

    ENQUIRE was a software project written in 1980 by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN, which was the predecessor to the World Wide Web. It was a simple hypertext program that had some of the same ideas as the Web and the Semantic Web but was different in several important ways. According to Berners-Lee, the name was inspired by a book entitled Enquire Within Upon Everything.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Enquire

    See Inquire.

Suggested Resources

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  1. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Enquire' in Verbs Frequency: #862

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Enquire in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Enquire in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Enquire in a Sentence

  1. Thomas Fuller:

    Enquire not what boils in another's pot.

  2. Jennifer Roberts:

    I would certainly recommend doctors to enquire if their patient’s partner ought to be quitting smoking, getting more active, or losing some weight, and if so talk to the patient about whether the two of them might take the change up together.

  3. Ali Mottahari:

    The only work of the Assembly of Experts should not be to elect the Leader, god willing, the leader of the revolution will be alive for many years. But they need to do their own work, to enquire and probe and inspect.

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