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inquiry

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
inquiry noun
or chiefly British enquiry /ɪnˈkwaɪri/ /ˈɪnkwəri/
plural inquiries
inquiry
noun
or chiefly British enquiry /ɪnˈkwaɪri/ /ˈɪnkwəri/
plural inquiries
Britannica Dictionary definition of INQUIRY
[count] : a request for information
often + into
[count] : an official effort to collect and examine information about something : investigation
often + into
◊ In British English, a person who is being questioned by the police as a suspect or a witness is said to be helping the police with their inquiries.
[noncount] : the act of asking questions in order to gather or collect information