Meaning of inquiry | Babel Free

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1. The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.
   countable, uncountable
2. A search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination of facts or principles; research; investigation; inquest.
   countable, uncountable
3. to ask for information. navraag doen يَجْمَع مَعْلومات عن разпитвам pedir informações informovat se Erkundigungen einziehen forespørge ζητώ πληροφορίες, συγκεντρώνω στοιχεία pedir información, investigar uurima, küsitlema درباره چیزی پرس و جو کردن kysellä se renseigner לְבַקֵש מֵידָע पूछताछ करना raspitivati se tudakozódik, érdeklődik mencari informasi gera fyrirspurnir, leita upplÿsinga chiedere informazioni 問い合わせる 정보를 요청하다 klausti, teirautis ievākt ziņas bertanya navraag doen drive etterfors...
4. The act of inquiring: engaged in scientific inquiry.
5. A question; a query: There were many inquiries about the new tax rates.
6. A close examination of a matter: a Congressional inquiry into the scandal.
7. a request for information; a question
8. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an investigation, esp a formal one conducted into a matter of public concern by a body constituted for that purpose by a government, local authority, or other organization
9. a seeking or request for truth, information, or knowledge.
10. an investigation, as into an incident.
11. a question; query.
12. question, query, investigation He made some inquiries and discovered she had gone abroad.

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“Scientific inquiry”

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