Enquiry
noun
An act of asking for detailed information.
We have received an enquiry from a user regarding the new product.
Often appears as...
- make an enquiry
- receive an enquiry
noun
An official process to discover all the facts about something, especially an accident or incident.
The police have launched an enquiry into the accident.
Often appears as...
- launch an enquiry
- conduct an enquiry
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Formal
noun
A search for knowledge or information.
Their study began as an enquiry into childhood development.
Often appears as...
- begin an enquiry
- pursue an enquiry
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
An act of asking for detailed information.
We have received an enquiry from a user regarding the new product.
Often appears as...
- make an enquiry
- receive an enquiry
noun
An official process to discover all the facts about something, especially an accident or incident.
The police have launched an enquiry into the accident.
Often appears as...
- launch an enquiry
- conduct an enquiry
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A search for knowledge or information.
Their study began as an enquiry into childhood development.
Often appears as...
- begin an enquiry
- pursue an enquiry
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Asking for Details
Used when seeking specific information or clarity about something, often in customer service or general inquiries.
Could you help me with an enquiry about your refund policy?
Pro Tip 2/3Casual Use
Appropriate for everyday use, such as asking for information in shops or calling a helpline.
I made an enquiry about the opening hours.
Pro Tip 3/3Initial Contact
Often the first step to gather information before making a decision or taking further action.
Upon my initial enquiry, they provided a brochure.
Pro Tip 1/3Asking for Details
Used when seeking specific information or clarity about something, often in customer service or general inquiries.
Could you help me with an enquiry about your refund policy?
Pro Tip 2/3Casual Use
Appropriate for everyday use, such as asking for information in shops or calling a helpline.
I made an enquiry about the opening hours.
Pro Tip 3/3Initial Contact
Often the first step to gather information before making a decision or taking further action.
Upon my initial enquiry, they provided a brochure.
Pro Tip 1/3Asking for Details
Used when seeking specific information or clarity about something, often in customer service or general inquiries.
Could you help me with an enquiry about your refund policy?
Pro Tip 2/3Casual Use
Appropriate for everyday use, such as asking for information in shops or calling a helpline.
I made an enquiry about the opening hours.
Pro Tip 3/3Initial Contact
Often the first step to gather information before making a decision or taking further action.
Upon my initial enquiry, they provided a brochure.
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Why Should We Go to...
curiosity has actually fueled most of the great achievements that we've made in the world especially through technology if there's a place you've never been there's a scientist wants to know what's there just the curiosity of inquiry we can understand the evolution and formation of our own solar system we
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Are we living in a...
couldn’t a powerful enough computer simulate it exactly? Could our reality actually be an incredibly detailed simulation set in place by a much more advanced civilization? This idea may sound like science fiction, but it has been the subject of serious inquiry.
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Electric Vocabulary
Franklin's theory was used to develop many more ideas and discoveries, all using the vocabulary he invented. This scientific inquiry brought forth technological advances and eventually, scientists were able to take a closer look at the electric fluid itself.
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What it takes to make...
neither idealizing nor victimizing. It requires immersing in the lives of others, understanding the structures that get in their way and being honest about where they might be holding themselves back. That requires deep listening from a place of inquiry,
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What is MSG, and is it...
it could be found in commercial food production worldwide. So when Dr. Kwok's letter was published, the outrage was immediate. Researchers and citizens demanded a scientific enquiry into the popular additive. On one hand, this wasn’t unreasonable.
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Liz Coleman's call to...
People will continue and should continue to learn everything there is to know about something or other. We actually do it all the time. And there will be and should be those who spend a lifetime pursuing a very highly defined area of inquiry.
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How college loans...
as the gentleman said earlier, their curiosity, their love of learning -- begin to study what they love, love what they study, follow their passion getting stimulated by their intelligence, follow paths of inquiry that they really want to.
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This tool will help...
and then challenges those biases. It doesn't always provide definitive answers, but the method helps clarify the questions and eliminate contradictory or circular logic. And by following a line of inquiry where it logically leads,
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The building of...
past and a sort of beacon for thinking it reminds us that technology inquiry and ingenuity in any age is the way mankind advances maybe that's why I keep this photo above my desk maybe by helping people understand the life of
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Noel Bairey Merz: The...
So we're very excited about M.R. You can't go and order it yet, but this is an area of active inquiry where actually studying women is going to advance the field for women and men. What are the downstream consequences
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Why Should We Go to...
curiosity has actually fueled most of the great achievements that we've made in the world especially through technology if there's a place you've never been there's a scientist wants to know what's there just the curiosity of inquiry we can understand the evolution and formation of our own solar system we
Video examples
Are we living in a...
couldn’t a powerful enough computer simulate it exactly? Could our reality actually be an incredibly detailed simulation set in place by a much more advanced civilization? This idea may sound like science fiction, but it has been the subject of serious inquiry.
Video examples
Electric Vocabulary
Franklin's theory was used to develop many more ideas and discoveries, all using the vocabulary he invented. This scientific inquiry brought forth technological advances and eventually, scientists were able to take a closer look at the electric fluid itself.
Video examples
What it takes to make...
neither idealizing nor victimizing. It requires immersing in the lives of others, understanding the structures that get in their way and being honest about where they might be holding themselves back. That requires deep listening from a place of inquiry,
Video examples
What is MSG, and is it...
it could be found in commercial food production worldwide. So when Dr. Kwok's letter was published, the outrage was immediate. Researchers and citizens demanded a scientific enquiry into the popular additive. On one hand, this wasn’t unreasonable.
Video examples
Liz Coleman's call to...
People will continue and should continue to learn everything there is to know about something or other. We actually do it all the time. And there will be and should be those who spend a lifetime pursuing a very highly defined area of inquiry.
Video examples
How college loans...
as the gentleman said earlier, their curiosity, their love of learning -- begin to study what they love, love what they study, follow their passion getting stimulated by their intelligence, follow paths of inquiry that they really want to.
Video examples
This tool will help...
and then challenges those biases. It doesn't always provide definitive answers, but the method helps clarify the questions and eliminate contradictory or circular logic. And by following a line of inquiry where it logically leads,
Video examples
The building of...
past and a sort of beacon for thinking it reminds us that technology inquiry and ingenuity in any age is the way mankind advances maybe that's why I keep this photo above my desk maybe by helping people understand the life of
Video examples
Noel Bairey Merz: The...
So we're very excited about M.R. You can't go and order it yet, but this is an area of active inquiry where actually studying women is going to advance the field for women and men. What are the downstream consequences
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David Fanning
South African Producer
At the heart of the best documentaries, there is a journey of inquiry - someone who travels out into the world, comes back with a story, and who then finds meaning in it, and intrigue; someone who tells you about something you never quite knew before, or in a way you hadn't quite thought about.
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Deepak Chopra
American Speaker
Many scientists think that philosophy has no place, so for me it's a sad time because the role of reflection, contemplation, meditation, self inquiry, insight, intuition, imagination, creativity, free will, is in a way not given any importance, which is the domain of philosophers.
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Irvine Welsh
Scottish Novelist
Everybody that writes has their own area of inquiry. And mine has always been kind of, why is it that when life can be so hard and difficult, we compound it by self-sabotage, doing terrible things? That's always been my main area of inquiry, and it does lead you to dark places.
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Yossi Ghinsberg
Israeli Entertainer
I had no lasting physical trauma nor a psychological one. Yet, it was hard to return to the old path. I found myself asking big questions: Why was my life spared? What is my purpose here? And it led me to a life of inquiry.
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Sun Tzu
Chinese Philosopher
The art of war is of vital importance to the state. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.
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Richard Whately
English Writer
As one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it makes all the difference whether we begin or end with the inquiry, 'What is truth?
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Herbert A. Simon
American Economist
Time and again, we have found the 'idle' truths arrived at through the process of inquiry to be of the greatest moment for practical human affairs.
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Richard Hofstadter
American Historian
A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism - a thing not to be sacrificed for anything else.
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Thomas Paine
English Activist
It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
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Hosea Ballou
American Clergyman
Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way.
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David Fanning
South African Producer
At the heart of the best documentaries, there is a journey of inquiry - someone who travels out into the world, comes back with a story, and who then finds meaning in it, and intrigue; someone who tells you about something you never quite knew before, or in a way you hadn't quite thought about.
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Deepak Chopra
American Speaker
Many scientists think that philosophy has no place, so for me it's a sad time because the role of reflection, contemplation, meditation, self inquiry, insight, intuition, imagination, creativity, free will, is in a way not given any importance, which is the domain of philosophers.
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Irvine Welsh
Scottish Novelist
Everybody that writes has their own area of inquiry. And mine has always been kind of, why is it that when life can be so hard and difficult, we compound it by self-sabotage, doing terrible things? That's always been my main area of inquiry, and it does lead you to dark places.
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Yossi Ghinsberg
Israeli Entertainer
I had no lasting physical trauma nor a psychological one. Yet, it was hard to return to the old path. I found myself asking big questions: Why was my life spared? What is my purpose here? And it led me to a life of inquiry.
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Sun Tzu
Chinese Philosopher
The art of war is of vital importance to the state. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.
Quote examples
Richard Whately
English Writer
As one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it makes all the difference whether we begin or end with the inquiry, 'What is truth?
Quote examples
Herbert A. Simon
American Economist
Time and again, we have found the 'idle' truths arrived at through the process of inquiry to be of the greatest moment for practical human affairs.
Quote examples
Richard Hofstadter
American Historian
A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism - a thing not to be sacrificed for anything else.
Quote examples
Thomas Paine
English Activist
It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
Quote examples
Hosea Ballou
American Clergyman
Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way.
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