inquiry

[In*quir·y]

When you ask the guy behind the counter if they've got any aspirin, you're making an inquiry. Almost any search for information or knowledge is an inquiry, though an inquiry is often an official search.

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The act of inquiring; a seeking for information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.

Noun
a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest

Noun
a search for knowledge; "their pottery deserves more research than it has received"

Noun
an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present"


n.
The act of inquiring; a seeking for information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.

n.
Search for truth, information, or knoledge; examination into facts or principles; research; invextigation; as, physical inquiries.


Inquiry

In*quir"y , n.; pl. Inquiries . [See Inquire.] [Written also enquiry.] 1. The act of inquiring; a seeking for information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.
He could no path nor track of foot descry, Nor by inquiry learn, nor guess by aim.
The men which were sent from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate.
2. Search for truth, information, or knoledge; examination into facts or principles; research; invextigation; as, physical inquiries.
All that is wanting to the perfection of this art will undoubtedly be found, if able men . . . will make inquiry into it.
Court of inquiry. See under Court. -- Writ of inquiry, 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. Burrill. Syn. -- Interrogation; interrogatory; question; query; scrutiny; investigation; research; examination.

The act of inquiring; a seeking for information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.

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Usage Examples

The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.

Religious belief, like history itself, is a story that is always unfolding, always subject to inquiry and ripe for questioning. For without doubt there is no faith.

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.

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Other Usage Examples

Poetry is but another form of inquiry into the nature of phenomena, using with its own unique procedures and tools.

Traditionally, scientists have treated the laws of physics as simply 'given,' elegant mathematical relationships that were somehow imprinted on the universe at its birth, and fixed thereafter. Inquiry into the origin and nature of the laws was not regarded as a proper part of science.

I shall endeavour still further to prosecute this inquiry, an inquiry I trust not merely speculative, but of sufficient moment to inspire the pleasing hope of its becoming essentially beneficial to mankind.

It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.

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