 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
inquiry
noun
1: a search for knowledge; "their pottery deserves more
research than it has received" [syn: {enquiry}, {research}]
2: an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my
training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were
present" [syn: {question}, {enquiry}, {query}, {interrogation}]
[ant: {answer}]
3: a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest
[syn: {enquiry}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inquiry \In*quir"y\, noun; pl. {Inquiries}. [See {Inquire}.]
[Written also {enquiry}.]
1. The act of inquiring; a seeking for information by asking
questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.
He could no path nor track of foot descry,
Nor by inquiry learn, nor guess by aim. --Spenser.
The men which were sent from Cornelius had made
inquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the
gate. --Acts x. 17.
2. Search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination
into facts or principles; research; investigation; as,
physical inquiries.
All that is wanting to the perfection of this art
will undoubtedly be found, if able men . . . will
make inquiry into it. --Dryden.
{Court of inquiry}. See under {Court}.
{Writ of inquiry}, a writ issued in certain actions at law,
where the defendant has suffered judgment to pass against
him by default, in order to ascertain and assess the
plaintiff's damages, where they can not readily be
ascertained by mere calculation. --Burrill.
Syn: Interrogation; interrogatory; question; query; scrutiny;
investigation; research; examination.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "inquiry":
amassing evidence, assize, audit, bone of contention, canvass,
catechism, catechizing, change of venue, check, close inquiry,
consumer research, consumer-preference survey, court-martial,
cross-examination, cross-interrogatory, cross-question,
debating point, delving, demand, department of investigation,
detection, detective work, enquiry, examination, exhaustive study,
exploration, feeler, hearing, indagation, inquest, inquirendo,
inquisition, inspection, interrogation, interrogative,
interrogatory, investigation, investigative bureau, issue,
jury trial, leader, leading question, legislative investigation,
legwork, mistrial, moot point, opinion poll, perscrutation,
point at issue, point in question, poll, probe, probing, problem,
public-opinion poll, query, querying, quest, question,
question at issue, question mark, questionary, questioning,
questionnaire, quodlibet, research, scrutiny, search, sifting,
sleuthing, study, survey, topic, trial, trial balloon,
trial by jury, vexed question, witch-hunt
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