ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsIinquire
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inquire
Meaning: to ask for information
inquire in a sentence
How inquire is used in real sentences:
Lena inquired about the library's weekend hours.
Dad inquired whether the soccer game had been moved indoors.
“Readers often came to inquire whether a new essay had arrived.”
— from the passage The Gazette's Hidden Reports
Synonyms for inquire
Other words for inquire — ask, question and query — carry the same meaning.
- ask
- question
- query
Antonyms of inquire
Words that mean the opposite of inquire:
- answer
- inform
Where it comes from
From Latin inquirere 'to seek into'
Memory hook
INQUIRE sounds like IN-QUERY: ask a question.