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• enquire — (also inquire esp. in AmE) verb ADVERB ▪ further ▪ pleasantly, politely ▪ Adam enquired politely whether they had enjoyed the show. ▪ anxiously …   Collocations dictionary

• enquire / enquiry vs inquire / inquiry —   In British English there s a subtle difference between enquiry and inquiry, but Americans tend to use inquiry for both, as a result the lines are getting blurred, but generally:   If you enquire about someone or something you ask about them.… …   English dictionary of common mistakes and confusing words

• enquire / enquiry vs inquire / inquiry —   In British English there s a subtle difference between enquiry and inquiry, but Americans tend to use inquiry for both, as a result the lines are getting blurred, but generally:   If you enquire about someone or something you ask about them.… …   English dictionary of common mistakes and confusing words

• enquire / enquiry vs inquire / inquiry —   In British English there s a subtle difference between enquiry and inquiry, but Americans tend to use inquiry for both, as a result the lines are getting blurred, but generally:   If you enquire about someone or something you ask about them.… …   English dictionary of common mistakes and confusing words

• enquire — ► VERB 1) ask for information. 2) (enquire after) ask about the health and well being of. 3) (enquire into) investigate. DERIVATIVES enquirer noun enquiring adjective …   English terms dictionary

• enquire — enquire, enquiry, inquire, inquiry The forms in en and in have long been largely interchangeable. At present the in forms are dominant in all meanings in AmE, whereas in BrE there is a tendency to prefer the in forms for official or formal types… …   Modern English usage

• enquire — [v] ask about analyze, check, examine, explore, go over, inquire, inspect, investigate, look into, probe, pry, query, question, scrutinize, search, seek, seek an answer, want to know; concepts 24,48 …   New thesaurus

• enquire — verb chiefly Brit. 1》 ask for information.     ↘(enquire after) ask about the health and well being of.     ↘[as adjective enquiring] (of a look) suggesting that information is sought. 2》 (enquire into) investigate. Derivatives enquirer noun… …   English new terms dictionary

• enquire — especially BrE enquire verb (I, T) verb (I, T) 1 to ask someone for information: “Are you getting married?” the television interviewer inquired. (+ about): I am writing to inquire about your advertisement in The Times. | inquire whether/why/how… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• enquire — v. 1 intr. (often foll. by of) seek information; ask a question (of a person). 2 intr. = INQUIRE. 3 intr. (foll. by after, for) ask about a person, a person s health, etc. 4 intr. (foll. by for) ask about the availability of. 5 tr. ask for… …   Useful english dictionary

• enquire — Inquire In*quire , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Inquired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inquiring}.] [OE. enqueren, inqueren, OF. enquerre, F. enqu[ e]rir, L. inquirere, inquisitum; pref. in in + quarere to seek. See {Quest} a seeking, and cf. {Inquiry}.] [Written… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English