inquiry
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3.9
- noun
- /ɪnˈkwaɪəri/
- So it's an open-ended inquiry into the operations of nature.
- inquiry-based learning
- engage in inquiry
- guided inquiry
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Watch on YouTubeAnd entrust to you the free inquiry of future generations.
- And entrust to you the free inquiry of future generations.
- Was that just to separate the casual inquiries from the true believers?
- You can make that area of inquiry substantively your world.
- I mean, to have a line of productive scientific inquiry stopped.
- So there's a new term called compassionate inquiry.
- And they were at a point in my, early in my, in my inquiry, they were indispensable.
- And that opened some doors of inquiry.
- And then somewhere in the data will be something worth real inquiry.
- So without further inquiry, it would appear that eating something like soy with these.
- Yes, that will help you in this inquiry of who am I?
- And, and, and what I love about inquiry is it works with everything.
Examples
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Reason permits A continuing rational inquiry into the nature of reality.
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Following the accident, there will be an inquiry to understand what went wrong.
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Is there any sort of inquiry about learning?
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But I think the, the process of inquiry is better than the process of knowing.
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Inquiry into the nature of the archive.
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Many of these questions touch on earlier fields of ethical inquiry, including medical ethics:
Academic text (2017) -
Youth Learn is a program that fosters the idea of inquiry in before- and after-school programs.
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The school has a long history of collaborative inquiry involving the school librarian and classroom teachers.
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The detective launched an inquiry into the recent theft at the museum.
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She submitted an inquiry to the university to find out more about the admission process.
Synonyms
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1.0
A sentence or phrase used to ask for information
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3.4
A careful study to find new facts about a subject
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2.9
A careful search for the truth about something
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2.9
Formal questioning of a person in an official or academic setting
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3.7
A question asked to a person or organization for information
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3.2
A time when someone asks questions to find information
Asking someone many questions to get information or make sure they understand
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Etymology
The word inquiry comes from the Latin parts in- ('into') and quaerere ('to seek' or 'to ask'), so it pictures 'seeking into' something. That's why an inquiry is simply an act of asking for information or making a 'question' or 'query' to find an answer.