What does inquire mean?
Inquire means (intransitive, US, Canada, Australia) To ask (about something)..
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/ɪnˈkwaɪə/ · verb
(intransitive, US, Canada, Australia) To ask (about something)..
May I inquire to whom I have the honor of speaking?
"A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day.[…]A strong man—a strong one; and a heedless." ¶ "Of what party is he?" she inquired, as though casually.
Police are already inquiring into the incident.
It is these people, gentlemen, the disseminators of these rumours, who are my dangerous accusers; because those who hear them suppose that anyone who inquires into such matters must be an atheist.
Canute had his portion from the rest, The which he cald Canutium, for his hyre, Now Cantium, which Kent we commenly inquire.
Use inquire when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Inquire means (intransitive, US, Canada, Australia) To ask (about something)..
Common synonyms include frain, enquire, ask, wonder.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
May I inquire to whom I have the honor of speaking?
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