Word

inquire, v.
(inquired, inquires, inquiring)
freq. cnt. 17

address a question to and expect an answer from
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

ask enquire inquire

sample sentences

"Ask your teacher about trigonometry"
"The children asked me about their dead grandmother"
"I inquired about their special today"
"He had to ask directions several times"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
They %s whether there was a traffic accident

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
They %s them the information

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
They %s whether there was a traffic accident

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

inquiring inquiry inquirer

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

asker

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

enquiry enquirer

semantic pointers

hypernym

communicate, intercommunicate