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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Given to inquiry or investigation; searching; inquisitive: as, an inquiring mind or look. Also enquiring.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Given to inquiry; disposed to investigate causes; curious.

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  • verb Present participle of inquire.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a request for information
  • adjective given to inquiry

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Examples

  • We know the first names and middle initials (and in many cases the full middle names) of all of OUR men ... and the man about whom you are inquiring is definitely

    Scott A BAKER 2010

  • Down the centuries, Westerners enjoyed the sheer pleasure that they found in inquiring, gaining insights, and making well-founded judgments.

    Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: 2008

  • Dottie Larkin, manager of the rink, says there are frequently calls inquiring about Kerrigan's appearances.

    Another Skate Drops 2008

  • The group's executive director declined to respond to e-mails and phone calls inquiring about the governor's activities.

    Archive 2007-04-15 Sinfonian 2007

  • The group's executive director declined to respond to e-mails and phone calls inquiring about the governor's activities.

    Whatever happened to Jeb! Bush? Sinfonian 2007

  • I mean, we have lots of phone calls inquiring about what's happening in Burma, the media organization, NGO humor activists.

    CNN Transcript Oct 5, 2007 2007

  • You would, naturally, be perfectly justified in inquiring after my credentials in offering these remarks.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Massad Defends Himself: 2004

  • All either declined our invitation or they chose simply not to the return our phone calls inquiring about this story.

    CNN Transcript Oct 7, 2004 2004

  • When my uncle was taking us back from the services in Nyack see my postings from 3/14 and 3/15, he mentioned that my mother had been inquiring as to the Yiddish word for "fish."

    Pen-Elayne on the Web 2003

  • We next went to the east of Tientsin where we found quite a number of orchards and trees claimed to be from 150 to 200 years of age, although we found, after travelling a short time and inquiring from the Chinese farmers, that the figures they gave to us were probably inaccurate.

    Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fourteenth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. September 26, 27 and 28 1923

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