Inquiry

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  • noun. The act of inquiring.
  • noun. A question; a query.
  • noun. A close examination of a matter.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination into facts or principles: as, an inquiry into the truth of a report.
  • noun. The act of inquiring; a seeking for information by asking questions; interrogation; inquisition.
  • noun. A question; an interrogation; a query.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of inquiring; a seeking for information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.
  • noun. Search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination into facts or principles; research; investigation.
  • noun. See under Court.
  • noun. a writ issued in certain actions at law, where the defendant has suffered judgment to pass against him by default, in order to ascertain and assess the plaintiff's damages, where they can not readily be ascertained by mere calculation.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.
  • noun. Search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination of facts or principles; research; investigation; as, physical inquiries.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a search for knowledge
  • noun. a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest
  • noun. an instance of questioning
    • Word Usage
    "One aspect of all of this that begs further inquiry is the seeming ineptitude of the military planners."
    cross-reference
    court of inquiry  writ of inquiry  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    inquiring  questioning  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    diary  expiry  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    advice  answer  attention  complaint  concern  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    amassing evidence  assize  audit  bone of contention  canvass  
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