inquire
Pose a question
Inquire means to ask questions or seek information: She inquired about the job opening.
It's slightly more formal than ask, often implying a deliberate search for facts.
To inquire into something is to investigate it: A committee will inquire into the matter.
The spelling enquire is preferred in British English, though both forms appear in both dialects.
Try to find
- probeThorough examination or tool
- askSeek an answer
- consultSeek expert guidance
- interviewFormal questioning session
poll · survey · quiz · solicit · petition · canvass · demand · prompt
Amazement or curiosity
- ponderThink deeply about
- speculateGuess based on incomplete evidence
- museThink deeply about
- contemplateConsider something thoroughly
reflect · seek · explore · probe · curious · intrigued · interested · eager
Study with attention
- investigateSeek facts systematically
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- studyDeliberate learning effort
- analyzeStudy by breaking down
inspect · scrutinize · probe · explore · delve · dig · look into · search
seek
Try to find
interview · poll · survey · quiz · solicit · petition · canvass · demand · prompt · clarify
wonder
Amazement or curiosity
contemplate · reflect · seek · explore · probe · curious · intrigued · interested · eager · puzzled
examine
Study with attention
- investigateSeek facts systematically
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- studyDeliberate learning effort
analyze · inspect · scrutinize · probe · explore · delve · dig · look into · search · review
grill
Cooking surface over fire
- cross-examineQuestion opposing witness
- debriefPost-mission questioning session
- deposeRemove from authority
press · probe · interview · examine · confront · challenge · suspect · witness · testimony · confession
petition
Formal written appeal
apply · correspond · refer · direct · forward · address · contact · approach · consult · summon
- communication verbssay, speak, tell, talk, ask
- information gatheringpoll, survey, probe, interview, consult
- lodging actionscheck in, check out, book, reserve, register
- formal verbssubmit, proceed, commence, conclude, obtain
- thinkingthinking, reasoning, thought, ponder, contemplate
- feeling outtest the waters, sound out, probe, feel out, gauge
- judicial inquiryCourt-ordered investigation
- Spanish InquisitionChurch court hunting heretics
- letter of inquiry
- impeachment inquiryLegislative misconduct investigation
- police inquiryFormal law enforcement examination
- email inquiryMessage asking for information
inquiry, inquisitive, inquiring, inquisition, inquirer, inquired, inquires, inquirers