inquiry

Noun

Meaning

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

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

research question query interrogation investigation examination scrutiny study analysis enquiry search request review survey probe
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Antonyms

response cover answer reply hiding coerce
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Hypernyms

investigation questioning inquiring investigating problem solving

Hyponyms

heraldry experiment investigation poll probe experimentation

Phrases with the word

inquiry into Commission of Inquiry disciplinary inquiry conduct an inquiry into make inquiry independent inquiry committee

Derivatives

inquiries

Examples

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

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

Love is free; to promise for ever to love the same woman is not less absurd than to promise to believe the same creed; such a vow in both cases excludes us from all inquiry. Percy Bysshe Shelley

I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others. Thomas Jefferson

Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door. Benjamin Jowett

A foolish man may be known by six things: Anger without cause, speech without profit, change without progress, inquiry without object, putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends. Arabic Proverb

Close letter words and terms

inquiring inquiringly inquirist inquiry agent inquiry of quantity inquiry-based learning